Cup, aquilla

Cup, aquilla

Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Cup, aquilla
Date1532–1780 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. height (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4205
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 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4205

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