Quiver

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Quiver
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWool
Dimensions23 1/2 × 5 5/16 × 1/2 in. (59.7 × 13.5 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2514
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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, Pre-Columbian Sale 6562, Lot 30] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1994–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on June 13, 1994.

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