Unknown Central and South American
Sewing box with weaving implements

Sewing box with weaving implements

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChancay (probably)
Titles
  • Sewing box with weaving implements
Date800–1450 AD
MediumWood, bone, and natural fibers
Dimensions.A,.B - Box and Lid: 4 5/8 × 4 5/16 × 7 1/4 in. (11.7 × 11 × 18.4 cm)
 .C,.D - Weaving Implements: 5 9/16 × 5/8 in. diameter (14.1 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1396.A-.D
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 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1396

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