Unknown Central and South American
Crown Feather Ornament

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Crown Feather Ornament
Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Crown Feather Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (23.1 × 20.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.386
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLou Slavitz;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.386

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