Unknown Central and South American
Necklace Bead Depicting a Trophy Head

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Necklace Bead Depicting a Trophy Head
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Necklace Bead Depicting a Trophy Head
  • Bead of a Head
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (6.3 × 5.3 × 4.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.263
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceJean-Eugene Lions, Geneva, #1033 and #1034, before 1980 [1]; [Arte Primitivo, New York, 2006] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, March 2006–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Invoice dated March 20, 2006.

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