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Shaman

Shaman

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Shaman
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4206
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before March 9, 1999 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 9, 1999–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory among purchases from Ken Klassen described on March 9, 1999.

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front of object
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700–1500 AD
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2004.2442
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Pair of Plaques
500–800 AD
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1459.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
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1–700 AD
Gold
2010.1039
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Unknown Central and South American
Five Shaman Figures from a Textile
900–200 BC
Polychromatic woven textile
2010.1077
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1012
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Unknown Central and South American
Crown Depicting Rulers Holding Ceremonial Staffs
800–1375 AD
Hammered and chased gold
2001.1065
Unknown Central and South American