Litter Front with Standing Figures

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Litter Front with Standing Figures
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Litter Front with Standing Figures
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, paint, and cotton twine
Dimensions9 3/4 × 28 1/8 × 13/16 in. (24.8 × 71.4 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1135
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, 2001.1135

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