Unknown Central and South American
Deity Effigy Beaker

CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Deity Effigy Beaker
Date800-1375 AD
PlaceLambayeque Valley, Peru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.5 × 11.9 cm)
Credit LineGift in memory of Alice Pratt Brown from her children
Object number86.320
Not on view

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ProvenanceMrs. Alice Pratt Brown (1902–1984), probably 1960's–1984; by descent to her daughters Nancy Negley, Maconda Brown O'Connor (1930–2012), and Isabel Brown Wilson (1931–2012), 1984; given to MFAH, 1986.

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