Pair of Hammered Plaques with Feline Heads

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureWari (Huari)

Titles

Pair of Hammered Plaques with Feline Heads

Datec. 600–900

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 4 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (12.4 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4314.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Louis Slavitz (1909-1992), New York] [1]; Laurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), New Haven, CT, Southport, CT, and Florida, probably by 1989–1995 [1]; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995; Cora Williams Witten Unitrust [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 200]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913-2008), Houston, 1999-2002 [2] [3]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Sotheby’s New York November 22, 1999 catalog, “sold by Cora Williams Witten Unitrust for the benefit of an Educational Institution.”
[2] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes a work described on May 4, 2000.
[3] Glassell Photo Album #15.

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