Pair of Kneeling Figures

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Public Domain

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Pair of Kneeling Figures
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions.1: 1 15/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (4.9 × 2.8 × 3 cm)
 .2: 1 7/8 × 1 1/8 × 1 in. (4.8 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.983.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #341 in Christie's Art Africain, Oceanien et Precolombien, June 14, 2004);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.983.1

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