Small Ornament with a Human Face

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Small Ornament with a Human Face
CultureVicus
Titles
  • Small Ornament with a Human Face
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 2 1/2 in. (2.5 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.688
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1997–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory, precedes an object described April 22, 1997.

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