Unknown Central and South American
Ornament Depicting a Decapitated Enemy's Head Sprouting Plants

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Ornament Depicting a Decapitated Enemy's Head Sprouting Plants
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Ornament Depicting a Decapitated Enemy's Head Sprouting Plants
  • Shaman Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/16 × 2 5/8 in. (6.2 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.888
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, 2010.888

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