Unknown Central and South American
Small Animal (possibly armadillo)

Small Animal (possibly armadillo)

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Small Animal (possibly armadillo)
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumStone
Dimensions1 1/4 × 2 × 1 3/8 in. (3.2 × 5.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4369
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, 2002, 2002.4369

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