Head Ornament

Head Ornament

Public Domain

Head Ornament
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Head Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt copper and green stone
DimensionsOverall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.958
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #12 from Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 18, 1991);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.958

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