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Feline with Human Victim

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Public Domain

Feline with Human Victim
Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Feline with Human Victim
Date1–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (6 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1335
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
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, lot 61]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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