Unknown Central and South American
Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells

Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells

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Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells
Artist
CultureChimú (possibly)
Titles
  • Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells
Date1100–1450 AD
Made inPeru (possibly)
MediumOyster shell
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1155.1-.5
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1155.1

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