Pepino Plant Pendant

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Pepino Plant Pendant
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Pepino Plant Pendant
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell, purple mussel
DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 5/16 × 3/16 in. (2.2 × 0.8 × 0.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.709
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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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