Snuff Tablet

Snuff Tablet

Public Domain

CultureAtacameño
Titles
  • Snuff Tablet
Date1100–1300 AD
PlaceAtacama Desert, Chile
MediumWood and inlaid stones
Dimensions5 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/8 inches

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4358
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #1 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, 2002, 2002.4358

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front of object
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front of object
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Necklace
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500–800 AD
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front of object
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650–900 AD
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900–1100 AD
Wood
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late 18th–early 19th Century
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front of object
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200 BC–400 AD
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recto of object
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550–1100 AD
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1000 BC–1600 AD
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Wood
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