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Tupu (Pin)

Tupu (Pin)

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Tupu (Pin)
Datec. 300 AD
PlaceBolivia
MediumGold
Dimensions4 × 1 1/2 in. (10.2 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4295
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before May 22, 2001] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least May 22, 2001[1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on May 22, 2001.
[2] Glassell Album #15.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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as mounted at time of arrival at MFAH
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400–1100 AD
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100–800 AD
Gold
2004.2473.1
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1200–1532 AD
Bone
2001.1373
Pin or Tupu with Bird
Unknown Central and South American
Pin or Tupu with Bird
1200–1532 AD
Bone
2001.1372
Pin or Tupu with Bird
Unknown Central and South American
Pin or Tupu with Bird
1200–1532 AD
Bone
2001.1371
Unknown Central and South American