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Beaker with Frogs or Toads

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Public Domain

Beaker with Frogs or Toads
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Beaker with Frogs or Toads
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Dimensions5 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 4 in. (14 × 10.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1190
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 1967 [Glassell Collection slide dated to March, 1968] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1190
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Gold label on underside of beaker: "39"

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