Serpent Tupu

Serpent Tupu

Public Domain

CultureRecuay
Titles
  • Serpent Tupu
Date100–800 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions7 7/16 × 7/8 in. (18.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2473.1
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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