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: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (31.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.817
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.817

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