Falcon Vessel

CultureParacas
Titles
  • Falcon Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlaceIca Valley, South Coast, Peru
MediumEarthenware with polychrome resin paint
Dimensions6 1/2 × 6 1/2 dia. in. (16.5 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number89.66
Non exposé

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Provenance[Shango Galleries, Dallas, until 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
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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