Unknown Central and South American
Coca Bag

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureChimú

Titles

Coca Bag

Date200 BC–1600 AD

PlacePeru

MediumSilver

Dimensions15 1/8 × 4 × 1 in. (38.4 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2004.2515

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, Lot 248] [1] [2]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1994–2004 [2]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on June 13, 1994.

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