Inca
Beaker (kero) with Suchi Fish

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Public Domain

Beaker (kero) with Suchi Fish
Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Beaker (kero) with Suchi Fish
Date1425–1625 AD
PlaceSouth Highlands, Peru
MediumPainted chonta wood
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 7 × 6 3/4 in. (22.9 × 17.8 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2509
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least November 1982–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes objects purchased from Sotheby's auction on November 23 & 24, 1982.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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