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Serpent Tupu

Serpent Tupu

Public Domain

Artist
CultureRecuay
Titles
  • Serpent Tupu
Date100–800 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions7 9/16 × 11/16 in. (19.2 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2473.2
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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500–1550 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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