Unknown Central and South American
Crescent-Shaped Ear Ornament

Crescent-Shaped Ear Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Crescent-Shaped Ear Ornament
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 7/16 in. (3.2 × 3.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.548
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.548

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