Unknown Central and South American
Mirror with Standing Ruler

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Public Domain

Mirror with Standing Ruler
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Mirror with Standing Ruler
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumWood
Dimensions13 5/16 × 4 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (33.8 × 11.7 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1136
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, before 1983;
(Lot #149 in Sotheby's Important Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 12 & 13, 1983. Sale #5034);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1983 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 83"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1136

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