Unknown Central and South American
Square Staff

Square Staff

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Square Staff
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions6 3/4 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (17.1 × 1.0 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4257
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 25, 1996. Lot #);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4257

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