Llama Head Vessel

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Llama Head Vessel

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions9 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (23.5 × 14 × 17.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of William Carroll

Object number2012.246

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

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ProvenanceHans Koella, Stiftung Alt-Amerikanische Kulturen (Ancient American Cultural Foundation), Zurich, late-1950s–1995; purchased by [Leonard Kalina Fine Arts, Los Angeles, 1995–1999]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, January 1999–2012; given to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, February 14, 2000–April 22, 2008; June 9, 2008–July 14, 2009; August 21, 2009–May 24, 2012, when accessioned as gift.

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