Unknown Central and South American
Female Figure

Female Figure

Public Domain

Female Figure
Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Female Figure
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumCast silver alloy, inlaid stone, shell, copper, and silver
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1001
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly Arthur Baessler (1857–1907), Eberswalde, Germany [1]; private European collection [2]; [Sotheby's, New York, November 27 and 28, 1984, lot 243]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 27 or 28, 1984–2001 [3]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Similarity to piece collected by Baessler in the Etnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ident. Nr.: V A 28915 a.
[2] Auction catalog
[3] Glassell Inventory, described on March 5, 1985.


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