Cinnabar Pouch

Cinnabar Pouch

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CultureChimú
Titles
  • Cinnabar Pouch
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumAnimal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
Dimensions.A) Pouch: 25 × 13 × 2 in. (63.5 × 33 × 5.1 cm)
 .B) Wand: 8 1/8 × 1 1/2in. (20.6 × 3.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1134.A,.B
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #6, slide dated "JUL 70"]; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001.

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