Unknown Central and South American
Ornament Depicting a Deity Holding a Staff and Creatures with Human Bodies and Feline Tails

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Ornament Depicting a Deity Holding a Staff and Creatures with Human Bodies and Feline Tails
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Ornament Depicting a Deity Holding a Staff and Creatures with Human Bodies and Feline Tails
Date1100–1450 AD
Made inPeru
MediumGold
Dimensions4 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (12.4 × 22.2 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1090
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 17, 1965–2001 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #4, inventory number precedes purchase from John Wise on January 17, 1965.
[2] Glassell Inventory List, described on 9/20/1968.

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