Unknown Central and South American
Plaque

Plaque

Public Domain

Artist
CultureManteño
Titles
  • Plaque
Date850–1500 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumSilver plated copper
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 13 × 2 1/2 in. (33 × 33 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2552
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly excavated by Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers [1]; [Alan Lapiner, New York, by October, 1968] [2]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, October 7, 1968–2004 [2] [3]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell inventory card.
[2] Glassell inventory list, 1968.
[3] Glassell Album #4, precedes slide dated "APR 69."

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