Crescent Plaque with Figure and Triangular Pendants

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Crescent Plaque with Figure and Triangular Pendants
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 1/4 in. (7 × 7.3 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1060
Not on view

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Provenance[Possibly Louis Slavitz, New York, before 1968] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least June 1968–2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, description comes from Louis Slavitz. Entry notes that Glassell had this regilded in 1968 in New York.
[2] Glassell Album #4, precedes object in slide dated "JUN 68."

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500–1550 AD
Gold
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Pair of Crab Bell Pendants
900–1550 AD
Cast gold
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1125.1,.2
Pair of Bar Pendants
1000–1550 AD
Gold
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Three Cast Openwork Pendants
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4210.1-.3
Two Hammered Figural Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2002.4209.1,.2
Eleven Foil Hummingbird Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Sheet gold
2002.4248.1-.11
Sixteen Floral Pendants
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2002.4309.1-.16
Pair of Butterfly Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.832.1,.2
Figural Pendant with Crescent Base
500–1000 AD
Gold
2002.4213