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Figure of a Kneeling Warrior

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Public Domain

Figure of a Kneeling Warrior
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Figure of a Kneeling Warrior
  • Shaman
Date200 BC–1100 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGreen turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 1 11/16 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (4.3 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1033
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #42 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 31, 1985);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.1

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