Unknown Central and South American
Crab Effigy Vessel

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMoche

Titles

Crab Effigy Vessel

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru

MediumEarthenware with slip

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/4 in. (23.5 × 19.1 × 18.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Frank Carroll in memory of Frank L. Carroll

Object number2010.215

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[Kunsthaus Lempertz, Brussels, January 30, 2010, lot 75]; sold through [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2010]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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