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Pipe with Owl Head

Pipe with Owl Head

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Pipe with Owl Head
Artist
CultureTarascan (Purépucha)
Titles
  • Pipe with Owl Head
Date1100–1519 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 11 3/16 in. (6.4 × 5.4 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2016.110
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, probably late 1960's] [1]; purchased by Edward H. Merrin, New York, by mid-1970's; given to his son, Samuel Merrin, New York, mid-1970’s–2008; sold through [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, May 13, 2008–2016; given to MFAH, 2016

[1] Founded in 1957, ownership consolidated under Bud Holland in 1961, closed with his death in 1994. Considered a premier Chicago art dealer in the 1960's.
Exhibition HistoryThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, October 6, 2005–August 26, 2014; April 14, 2015–May 23, 2016, when accessioned as gift.

Published References Justin Kerr, A Pre-Columbian Portfolio: An Archive of Photographs Created by Justin Kerr, www.mayavase.com, photographed May 27, 2008, added September 23, 2008, no.9137.

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