Feline Mortar

CultureValdivia
Titles
  • Feline Mortar
Date3300–1500 BC
PlaceEcuador
MediumStone
Dimensions5 3/4 × 9 × 2 in. (14.6 × 22.9 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1282
Non exposé

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Provenance(Sotheby's, 11/20/1995, lot #35);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1282

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