Beaker with Spondylus Shells

Beaker with Spondylus Shells

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Beaker with Spondylus Shells
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Beaker with Spondylus Shells
Date800–1375 AD
PlaceBatan Grande, Peru
MediumGold
Dimensions6 1/8 × 4 × 4 1/4 in. (15.6 × 10.2 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1130
Not 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]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #3, precedes known purchases on January 17, 1965.

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