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
2010.392
top of object
Helmet
200–1000 AD
Gold
2001.901
Disk
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
front of object
Miniature Ornament Mask
600 BC–400 AD
Gold and white gold
2010.953
Nose Ring
Nose Ring
500–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4416
Labret
Labret
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1380
Ornament in the Form of an Owl with Dangles, one of a pair
Ornament in the Form of an Owl with Dangles, one of a pair
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.1375.2
Ornament in the Form of an Owl with Dangles (one of a pair)
Ornament in the Form of an Owl with Dangles (one of a pair)
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.1375.1
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Pair of Ear Ornaments
500–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4400.A,.B
Roundel with Face
Roundel with Face
800–1500 AD
Gold
2002.4250
front of object
Pair of Deity Effigy Beakers
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.283.1,.2
Labret
Labret
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1386