Snuff Tablet with a Condor

Snuff Tablet with a Condor

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Snuff Tablet with a Condor
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Snuff Tablet with a Condor
Date400–1100 AD
PlaceChile
MediumWood with green stone inlays
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 in. (14.3 × 5.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2002.3551
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston, until 2002; given to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "God, Man, and Animal: Pre-Columbian Art from Private Collections in Houston and Austin," 3 March - 3 June, 1990

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