Staff

Staff

Public Domain

CultureChimu (possibly)
Titles
  • Staff
Datec. 900–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 × 5/8 in. (41.3 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4335
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 15, 1994, lot 14);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4335

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