Litter Front with Standing Figures

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Litter Front with Standing Figures

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumWood, paint, and cotton twine

Dimensions9 3/4 × 28 1/8 × 13/16 in. (24.8 × 71.4 × 2.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1135

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

WOOD OBJECTS

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001, 2001.1135

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