Female Figure

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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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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