Lime Container with a Seated Shaman

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Lime Container with a Seated Shaman
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Lime Container with a Seated Shaman
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
Dimensions2 × 1 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (5.1 × 2.9 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1161
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's, 5/17/1994, Sale 6562, Lot #38, sold for $9,200);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1161

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