Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Public Domain

Ear Ornament
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Ear Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone, stone inlay, red pigment
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (1.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.647
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, documents reorganization of display at home on November 1979];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.647

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