Deity Effigy Beaker

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CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

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Deity Effigy Beaker

Date800–1375 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions4 3/4 × 3 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12.1 × 8.7 × 9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1083

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Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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Provenance(Similar to lot #77 in Sotheby Parke Bernet's Fine Pre-Columbian and Colonial Paintings of Latin America, May 12, 1979, Sale # 4246);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1083

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