Feline Effigy Pendant

Feline Effigy Pendant

Public Domain

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Feline Effigy Pendant
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumShell
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/16 × 3/4 in. (3 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1207
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePurchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1972–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 8, slide dated "FEB 72."

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