Head
Unidentified Chavín maker
800-200 BCE
Terracotta
Height: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Meryl Landmann French and Kathleen Landmann Bissett
2013.62.120
Geography
Place Made: Tembladera, North Coast Region, Peru, South America
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Musical Instrument
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Frederick E. (1907-2003) and Constance M. (1912-2011) Landmann, date unknown; bequeathed to their daughters, Meryl Landmann French, West Dover, Vermont and Kathleen Landmann Bissett, Waterloo, Ontario; given to present, 2013.
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