Unknown Central and South American
Deity Effigy Beaker

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Deity Effigy Beaker
Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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