Decorated Disk Plaque

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Public Domain

Decorated Disk Plaque
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Decorated Disk Plaque
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.806
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Robert Sonin report of unknown date, but post-1988;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.806

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