Trophy Head Bead

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CultureNasca
Titles
  • Trophy Head Bead
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell
DimensionsOverall: 9/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (1.5 × 0.9 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.991
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least December 1972–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #8, precedes slide dated "DEC 72."

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