Unknown Central and South American
Deity Effigy Beaker

Deity Effigy Beaker

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Deity Effigy Beaker
Date1100–1450 AD
PlaceLambayeque, Peru
MediumSilver
Dimensions9 5/8 × 3 7/8 × 5 1/4 in. (24.4 × 9.8 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1178
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Similar to lot #66 in Sotheby's Fine Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 10, 1979);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1178

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front of object
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front of object
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Gold
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