Atlatl with Feline
CultureMoche
Titles
- Atlatl with Feline
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumStone and copper
DimensionsOverall: 17 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 in. (44.8 × 9.5 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1148
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1148
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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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–600 AD
Stone with shell inlays
2002.4203
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1920–1940
Wood, stone, plant fiber
87.269
Unknown North American
c. 1790–1880
Wood, iron, and brass tacks
2022.56.A,.B
