Unknown Central and South American
Headdress Ornament

Headdress Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureJama Coaque
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament
Date300 BC–400 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumGold
Dimensions8 1/8 × 11 7/8 × 1 in. (20.7 × 30.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2457
Not 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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