Anthropomorphic Ornament

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Anthropomorphic Ornament
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Anthropomorphic Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumShell
DimensionsOverall: 13/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.900
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #306 in Christie's Art Africain, Oceanien et Precolombien, June 14, 2004);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.900

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