Ornament with Human and Feline Head Dangles

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Ornament with Human and Feline Head Dangles
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Ornament with Human and Feline Head Dangles
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/16 × 4 5/8 in. (10.3 × 11.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.659
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAn old collection sticker reading "PE369" is on the back;
(Lot #31 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 14, 1996);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.659

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