Beaker with Birds

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Beaker with Birds
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/16 in. (14.9 × 10.5 × 10.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1074
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceLou Slavitz, by 1967;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1074

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