Ceremonial Cup

Ceremonial Cup

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Ceremonial Cup
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood and shell
Dimensions8 3/8 × 3 × 3 1/4 in. (21.3 × 7.6 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1163
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #8 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 19, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "NOV 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1163

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