Double-Faced Human Head Effigy Bead

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Double-Faced Human Head Effigy Bead
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Double-Faced Human Head Effigy Bead
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (2.7 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.904
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.904

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