Pin Surmounted by a Human Figure

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Pin Surmounted by a Human Figure
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Pin Surmounted by a Human Figure
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 3/8 × 5/8 in. (14 × 1 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1116
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17–18, 2000, lot 185]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17–18, 2000–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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