Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Plaques with a Crouching Figure

Pair of Plaques with a Crouching Figure

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Pair of Plaques with a Crouching Figure
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Pair of Plaques with a Crouching Figure
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone
Dimensions.1: 2 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1/2 in. (5.7 × 6.4 × 1.3 cm)
 .2: 2 3/4 × 2 1/8 × 1/2 in. (7 × 5.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4352.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4352.1

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