Head Ornament

Head Ornament

Public Domain

Head Ornament
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Head Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt copper and shell
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 5 13/16 × 3 5/16 in. (7.6 × 14.8 × 8.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.957
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1971–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #7, slide of object dated "JUL 71."

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