Unknown Central and South American
Paccha

Paccha

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Paccha
Date1532–1780 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 6 in. (17.1 × 41.9 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1350
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1350

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