Bowl with Heads and Grimacing Felines

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CultureTolita-Tumaco

Titles

Bowl with Heads and Grimacing Felines

Date600 BC–400 AD

PlaceEcuador

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 3 1/2 × 4 in. (5.7 × 8.9 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1163

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Possibly John Wise (1902–1981), Dallas]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1988–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #11, precedes photographs of objects bought at auction, November 1988.

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