"Tweezers" Surmounted by a Figure of a Human Face

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CultureChimú

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"Tweezers" Surmounted by a Figure of a Human Face

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (4.1 × 4.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1133

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Christie's, Paris, December 8, 2004, lot 324]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, December 8, 2004–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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