Headdress Ornament

Headdress Ornament

Public Domain

Headdress Ornament
CultureJama Coaque
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament
Date200 BC–800 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumHammered and cut gold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 19 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (16.5 × 48.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2449
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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