Headband with Geometric Pattern

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Headband with Geometric Pattern
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumTextile with feathers, shell, turquoise, stone, and quartz
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 11 5/16 in. (2.8 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.381
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.381

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front of object
1100–1450 AD
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front of object
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1100–1450 AD
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100–800 AD
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Necklace
100–800 AD
Shell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
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100 BC–700 AD
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Bracelet
1000 BC–1600 AD
Turquoise, spondylus shell, yellow stone, and string
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front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, green stone, string
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1900–1945
Earthenware with slip, bone, antler, leather, feathers, turquoise, and shell
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1880–1890
Earthenware with slip, antlers, rawhide, shell, turquoise, and feathers
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Fetish Jar and Prayer Piece
1900–1945
Earthenware with slip, antler, leather, shell, turquoise, and feathers
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Fetish Jar
1900–1910
Earthenware with slip, antlers, rawhide, feathers, shell, turquoise, and encrustation
44.166