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Beaker with Spondylus Shells

Beaker with Spondylus Shells

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Beaker with Spondylus Shells
Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Beaker with Spondylus Shells
Date800–1375 AD
PlaceBatan Grande, Peru
MediumGold
Dimensions6 1/8 × 4 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 10.2 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1130
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 17, 1965–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #3, precedes known purchases on January 17, 1965.
Published References Lapiner, Alan C. Pre-Columbian Art of South America. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1976. fig. 619

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front of object
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front of object
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front of object
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1100–1450 AD
Gold
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Unknown Central and South American
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1100–1450 AD
Hammered gold
2001.1193
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
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800–1375 AD
Gold
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Beakers
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1075.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Beaker
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1191
Unknown Central and South American