Flute

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Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka) (possibly)
Titles
  • Flute
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.405
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.405

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