Unknown Central and South American
Fish Vessel

CultureCupisnique
Titles
  • Fish Vessel
Date1800–400 BC
PlaceJequetepeque Valley, Peru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions7 5/8 × 5 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number88.2
Not on view

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ProvenanceDr. Daniel Rifkin, New York, by 1972 [1]; purchased by [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, by 1988]; purchased by MFAH, 1988.

[1] Letter dated April 17, 1987.

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