Lime Container with a Human-headed Feline

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Lime Container with a Human-headed Feline
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Lime Container with a Human-headed Feline
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
Dimensions2 × 1 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (5.1 × 4.1 × 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1160.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1160

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