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Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions7 × 5 1/2 dia. in. (17.8 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2006.296
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceCampbell Collection, Florida and Canada; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Lapiner; "Pre-Columbian Art of South America" (1976); plate 286.

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side view of object
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front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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back of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
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2010.302
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