CultureOlmec
Titles
- Seated Figure Holding Celt
Date900–600 BC
MediumSerpentine
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 in. (13 × 6.4 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4373
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4373
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Kathleen Ryan
2020
Quartz, smoky quartz, rutilated quartz, labradorite, chalcedony, citrine, calcite, prehnite, turquoise, magnesite, tiger eye, gray feldspar, agate, Italian onyx, serpentine, marble, limestone, glass, and steel pins on coated polystyrene
2023.165
1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.2
1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.1
650–900 AD
Wood inlaid with shell
2010.1104
