Staff

Staff

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Staff
Date1300–1500 AD
MediumWood
Dimensions17 5/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 in. (44.8 × 6.0 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4338
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Andre Emmerich, New York, by 1969);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4338

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