Crab Effigy Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Crab Effigy Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (23.5 × 19.1 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Frank Carroll in memory of Frank L. Carroll
Object number2010.215
Non exposé

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Provenance[Kunsthaus Lempertz, Brussels, January 30, 2010, lot 75]; sold through [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2010]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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