Figure of a Male

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Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Figure of a Male
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood inlaid with mother of pearl and spondylus shell
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 7/16 in. (15.6 × 7.4 × 6.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.910
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Texas;
Arte Primitivo 5.19.2004, lot 315;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.910

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