Unknown Central and South American
Crown with Figures

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Crown with Figures
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (7.7 × 18.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.380
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceEx. Jean-Eugene Lions Collection, #1013, Geneva, since at least 1980;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.380
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Circular sticker on inside: 1013

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