Figure

Figure

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Figure
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 × 2 × 1 5/8 in. (27 × 5.1 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1311
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1311

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