Feline

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Feline

Date100 BC–600 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold and turquoise

Dimensions1 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 5/8 in. (2.7 × 3.8 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4229

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4229
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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