Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Depicting Fanged Deity Heads

Pectoral Depicting Fanged Deity Heads

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Pectoral Depicting Fanged Deity Heads
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pectoral Depicting Fanged Deity Heads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/4 × 11 5/16 in. (29.8 × 28.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.819
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAMART,
Robert Sonin report dated 5.30.2003, called it Cerro Corbacho style;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.819

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