Funeral Procession Attendant

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Public Domain

Funeral Procession Attendant
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Funeral Procession Attendant
  • Figure
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumWood, shell, stone, and red pigment
Dimensions20 1/2 × 7 × 4 1/2 in. (52.1 × 17.8 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1151
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot # 235 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Nov. 27 & 28, 1984);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1984 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 84"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1151

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Funeral Procession Attendant
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