Pair of Staff Deities

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Staff Deities
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone with stone inlays
DimensionsEach: 2 9/16 × 2 11/16 in. (6.5 × 6.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.893.1,.2
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #9 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 19, 1990);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.893.1

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