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Poporo

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Poporo
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold and silver
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (4.9 × 6.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.849
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.849

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Poporo Representing a Female Shaman Holding Gourd Form Poporos
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Representing a Female Shaman Holding Gourd Form Poporos
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.859
Poporo Representing a Female Shaman Wearing a Skirt, Holding a Shell and a Poporo
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Representing a Female Shaman Wearing a Skirt, Holding a Shell and a Poporo
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.861
Poporo in the Form of a Seated Shaman
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo in the Form of a Seated Shaman
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.863
Poporo Representing a Male Shaman
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Representing a Male Shaman
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.856
Poporo Representing a Gourd Form
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Representing a Gourd Form
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.855
Poporo Lid
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo Lid
200–1600 AD
Gold
2004.2481
Gourd Shaped Poporo
Unknown Central and South American
Gourd Shaped Poporo
1–1600 AD
Gold
2010.850
Pair of Poporos in the Forms of Fruit or Ears of Corn
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Poporos in the Forms of Fruit or Ears of Corn
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.851.1,.2
as displayed in Glassell home, with AG.2018
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container (Poporo) Lid
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.852.A,.B
Poporo with Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo with Dipper
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.854.A,.B
assembled
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container (Poporo) Lid
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.853.A-.C
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Poporo in the figure of a Standing Male
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.858
Unknown Central and South American