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Figure of an Inca Lord

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Figure of an Inca Lord
Date1200–1532 AD
Possible placeEcuador
Possible placeBolivia
Possible placeChile
Possible placePeru
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 5/8 × 11/16 in. (6.1 × 1.6 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.941
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #6, precedes slide dated "SEP 70."

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