Money Box

Money Box

Public Domain

Money Box
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Money Box
Datec. 1700
MediumCalabash gourd and iron
Dimensions6 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (15.9 × 21 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by Ann Gordon Trammell
Object number2023.126
Current Location
Rienzi
Mexican Room
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection; [Carlton Hobbs, Tuxedo Park, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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