Unknown Central and South American
Flute with Finial in the Shape of a Feline

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Flute with Finial in the Shape of a Feline
Date400–1100 AD
PlaceBolivia/Peru
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.409
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #40 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 31, 1985);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1985 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 85"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.409

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