Snuff Tablet

CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Snuff Tablet
Date500–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood
Dimensions5 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 9/16 in. (13.7 × 5.7 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1312
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #2 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 19, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1987 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1312
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Adhesive label on scoop: "1688" (now in object file in Registrar's office)

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front of object
1100–1450 AD
Wood
2001.1136
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1284
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.1
Miniature Vessel
900–200 BC
Alabaster
2001.1313.A,.B
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.3
Mirror
900–200 BC
Anthracite
2001.1285.2
Sewing box with weaving implements
800–1450 AD
Wood, bone, and natural fibers
2001.1396.A-.D
front of object
800–1375 AD
Wood, red pigment, resin, and pyrite
2001.1137
Atlatl implement
700–1000 AD
Bone
2002.4434
Lekhokhoma (Snuff Container)
19th century
Horn
2021.114
Bird-shaped Spoon
1000 BC–1600 AD
wood
2002.4361
Staff
1300–1500 AD
Wood
2002.4338