Mirror with Hand and Bird

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Mirror with Hand and Bird
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Mirror with Hand and Bird
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumPainted wood and mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 11 9/16 × 4 1/4 × 2 5/16 in. (29.4 × 10.8 × 5.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1138
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Purchased from Sotheby's, NYC, 5/14/1996, lot #9);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1138

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