Long Handled "Tweezers" Ornament with Spiral Elements

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Long Handled "Tweezers" Ornament with Spiral Elements
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Long Handled "Tweezers" Ornament with Spiral Elements
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1134
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, c. 1992–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #12, by object bought at auction, November 1991, and precedes object bought at auction, May 1993.

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