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CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Bracelet
  • Arm
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru
MediumMother of pearl, pyrite, and string
DimensionsOverall: 5/16 × 5 9/16 in. (0.8 × 14.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.495
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.945

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front of object, in case as received by MFAH
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650–900 AD
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1100–1450 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
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side view of object
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1000–1470 AD
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2001.1138
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1100–1450 AD
Hammered gold with mother-of-pearl and turquoise inlay
2001.1187
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Mother-of-pearl
2002.4438.3
Spatula
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900–200 BC
Bone with mother-of-pearl
2002.4276
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450
Mother-of-pearl
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Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold inlaid with mother of pearl
2010.341.1,.2
North Coast Wood Figural Lid
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood, turquoise, mother-of-pearl
2001.1006
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with mother of pearl and spondylus shell
2010.910
Unknown Central and South American