Feline Head

Feline Head

Public Domain

CultureVicús
Titles
  • Feline Head
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGilt copper
Dimensions3 1/4 in. width (8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4228
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 #6, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4228

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