Head Ornament

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Public Domain

CultureNasca (probably)
Titles
  • Head Ornament
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 11 3/4 × 1/16 in. (9.1 × 29.8 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.391
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.391

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