Unknown Central and South American
Deity Effigy Beaker

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

Titles

Deity Effigy Beaker

Date800–1375 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions9 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.6 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1085

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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ProvenancePossibly from the Collection of Guillermo Aurich;
John Wise archives at the DMA, accessed 2.20.09 - Intent to purchase 2 gold upside down portrait cups dated 9.12.1967 (Possibly AG.590 and AG.593);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1085

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