Unknown Central and South American
Post Columbian Textile

Post Columbian Textile

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Post Columbian Textile
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceSouth America
MediumCotton and gold thread
Dimensions10 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. diameter (26 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2446
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before February 25, 1991] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by February 25, 1991–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on February 25, 1991.

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