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Miniature Vessel

Miniature Vessel

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Miniature Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumAlabaster
Dimensions7/8 × 1 9/16 in. diameter (7.3 × 4.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1313.A,.B
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 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1313

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900–200 BC
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