Double Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Killer Whale Deity

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Double Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Killer Whale Deity
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 × 6 3/8 × 6 1/2 in. (18.7 × 16.2 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.297
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance(Lot #464 in Arte Primitivo's Fine Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction, June 18, 2007. Auction #42);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.297
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
White sticker on bottom: 1698-5

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front of object
100 BC–700 AD
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front of object
100 BC–700 AD
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back of object
100 BC–700 AD
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