Unknown Central and South American
Snuff Tablet

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureWari (Huari)

Titles

Snuff Tablet

Date500–800 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumWood

Dimensions5 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 9/16 in. (13.7 × 5.7 × 1.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1312

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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Provenance(Lot #2 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 19, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1987 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1312
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Adhesive label on scoop: "1688" (now in object file in Registrar's office)

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