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Deity Effigy Beaker

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Deity Effigy Beaker
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.284.3
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, 1965 [John Wise archives invoices dated 1.17.1965 and 3.25.1965, and note dated 12/8/1967];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.284.3
Published References Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976), p. 274, fig. 617 (far right) Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Handwritten in green: 3
Printed sticker: HT: 25d with handwritten 662 x

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