Bead in the Form of a Human Figure

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Bead in the Form of a Human Figure
CultureChimú (probably)
Titles
  • Bead in the Form of a Human Figure
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/16 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.6 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.259
Non exposé

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

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

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