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Figure of a Male

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Public Domain

Artist
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 [1]; [Arte Primitivo, May 19, 2004, lot 315]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2004–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Arte Primitivo Catalog, May 19, 2004.

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