Figure of a Female with Two Mini Tupus

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Figure of a Female with Two Mini Tupus
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Figure of a Female with Two Mini Tupus
  • Shaman
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/16 × 7/8 × 11/16 in. (5.3 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.946
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #53 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982. Sale 4968);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1982 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 82"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.946

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