Plaque with confronted warriors

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Plaque with confronted warriors
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CultureChimú
Titles
  • Plaque with confronted warriors
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
Mediumgold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 1/8 in. (8.9 × 10.8 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1068
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, by 1962 [1]; [...]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, from at least 1979–2001 [2]; given to the MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, AG 1203.
[2] Glassell Album #9, precedes slide dated "NOV 79"
Exhibition History"Art and Life in Old Peru: An Exhibition," American Museum of Natural History, 1962.

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