Unknown Central and South American
Llama Container

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Llama Container
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceSouth America
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (6.2 × 7 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1145
Not on view

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Provenance(Lot #310 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982. Sale #4968)
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [ Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 82"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1145
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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