Helmet

outside of object

Public Domain

CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Helmet
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 8 × 9 in. (9.5 × 20.3 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.397
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY 5.14.1996, Lot #36);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.397
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed Sticker inside of helmut: CR177

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inside of bowl
Helmet or Bowl
1–800 AD
Gold
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top of object
Helmet
200–1000 AD
Gold
2001.901
Disk
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
front of object
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600 BC–400 AD
Gold and white gold
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Pectoral
Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2002.4204
front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
Gold
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front of object
Nose Ornament with Two Facing Felines
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
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front of object
Funerary Mask
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2010.430
Image Not Available for Ceremonial Staff
Ceremonial Staff
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2010.1100
front of object
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Composite Animal Finials
500–1550 AD
Gold
2010.355.1,.2
front of object
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Rulers
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.354.1,.2
front of object
Pair of Ear Ornaments with Composite Animal Finials
500–1550 AD
Gold
2010.356.1,.2