Crab Effigy Vessel
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Ed. Jose Antonio Lavalle, "Trujillo Precolombiano," Peru, 1990, pg.140
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Gold
2004.2485
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.1272.1,.2
Unknown Indonesian
c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
2006.531
Unknown Central and South American
300 BC–300 AD
Earthenware with slip
94.440
Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal)
1920–1930
Tempera and ink on wove paper
44.270