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Seated Figure Holding Celt

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Seated Figure Holding Celt
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Artist
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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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate European collection, by 1997 [1]; (Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 28, 1997, lot 80); purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, 1997–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Sotheby's catalog, sale 6996, starting with lot 48.

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