Unknown Central and South American
Ceremonial War Club

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Ceremonial War Club
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold sheathing over wood
DimensionsOverall: 29 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (74.9 × 6.4 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1109
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, 1950s–1960s; [Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii]; Gary Hendershott, Little Rock, AK; [Heritage Important Pre-Columbian Art of the Hendershott Collection, September 29, 2006, lot 47182]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, September 29, 2006–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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