Scale Weight Carved with Four Figures

Scale Weight Carved with Four Figures

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Scale Weight Carved with Four Figures
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumStone
Dimensions1 11/16 × 2 13/16 in. (4.3 × 7.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4374
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 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4374

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