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Litter Ornament

Litter Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInka (Inca)
Titles
  • Litter Ornament
Datec. 1450–1620 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions4 15/16 × 6 in. (12.5 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1253
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Slide, Glassell Album #6, dated "NOV 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1253
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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