Iguana

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CultureClassic Veracruz

Titles

Iguana

Date600–900 AD

PlaceMexico

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions13 3/8 × 22 3/4 × 7 7/16 in. (34 × 57.8 × 18.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2005.365

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceRobert Huber and Marianne Huber, Dixon, Illinois, from 1970; [Sotheby's, New York, November 24, 1997, Pre-Columbian Art Sale 7057, Lot 337]; […]; [The Merrin Gallery, New York, 2005]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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