CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
- Figural Ornament
Date600–1000 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold and shells
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 × 5/16 in. (6.6 × 3.5 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1032
Not on view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1986 [Glassell Album # 10, dated 1983–1987];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.1032
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Unknown Central and South American
600–1000 AD
Gold, spondylus, shell, and turquoise
2010.1031
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, silver, purple mussel, resin, cotton cord
2010.986
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, silver, spondylus, purple mussel shell, turquoise, wood, resin, cotton cord
2010.978
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with mother of pearl and spondylus shell
2010.910
Unknown Central and South American
600–900 AD
Earthenware with traces of polychrome pigment
2014.80
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin
2010.985.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple, mussel, silver, resin
2010.984.1,.2
Unknown Egyptian
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
