Seated Figure Holding Celt

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Seated Figure Holding Celt
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CultureOlmec
Titles
  • Seated Figure Holding Celt
Date900–600 BC
MediumSerpentine
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 in. (13 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4373
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé

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Object Type
Provenance(Lot #80 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 28, 1997);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4373

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