Unknown Central and South American
Female Figure

Female Figure

Public Domain

Female Figure
Artist
CultureChancay
Titles
  • Female Figure
Date800–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWoven cotton, camelid wool, fibers, and sticks
Dimensions10 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (27.3 × 14.9 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1002
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 the 1980's [Glassell Album #7, slide dated "MAR- JUL 71"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1002

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