About the Artwork
Head of a Fox
between 500 and 700
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Precolumbian
Moche
Hammered copper with shell and traces of gilding
Overall: 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (8.9 × 11.4 × 13.3 cm)
Metalwork
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
69.362
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Moche, Precolumbian, Head of a Fox, between 500 and 700, hammered copper with shell and traces of gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 69.362.
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