Shaman dancing within a circle

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Shaman dancing within a circle
CultureDiquis
Titles
  • Shaman dancing within a circle
Date700–1500 AD
PlaceCentral America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2442
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, Sale 7659 Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Lot 446]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2001–2004; given to MFAH, 2004.

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