Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Bowls with Designs of Animals

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Pair of Bowls with Designs of Animals
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Pair of Bowls with Designs of Animals
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 1 7/8 × 5 diameter in. (4.8 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1167.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, 1950s–1960s; [Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii]; Gary Hendershott, Little Rock, AK; [Heritage Important Pre-Columbian Art of the Hendershott Collection, September 29, 2006, lot 47180]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, September 29, 2006–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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