Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Beakers

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pair of Beakers
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 diameter in. (11.1 × 11.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1075.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "SEP 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1075.2

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