Scepter

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Scepter
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
Dimensions9 × 2 1/4 × 3/4 in. (22.9 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1157
Not on view

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Provenance(Lot #40 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 21, 1988);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1988 [Glassell Album 11, slide dated "NOV 1988"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1157

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