Unknown Central and South American
Painted Medallion with Face

Painted Medallion with Face

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Painted Medallion with Face
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumReed and textile
Dimensions10 × 9 11/16 × 1/2 in. (25.4 × 24.6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4350
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4350

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