Feline

Feline

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • 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
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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