Unknown Central and South American
Mirror with Standing Ruler

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Public Domain

Mirror with Standing Ruler
Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Mirror with Standing Ruler
Date800–1375 AD
PlaceLambayeque Valley, Peru, South America
MediumWood, red pigment, resin, and pyrite
Dimensions9 13/16 × 5 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (24.9 × 13.3 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1137
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, 2001.1137

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