Seated Figure

Seated Figure

Public Domain

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Seated Figure
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumConch shell
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 1/8 × 9/16 in. (4.1 × 2.9 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4298
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #185 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4298

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