Unknown Central and South American
Coiled Cap

Coiled Cap

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Coiled Cap
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceChile, South America
MediumWool
Dimensions4 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 7 in. (11.4 × 16.5 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1263
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #31 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 19, 1992);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1263

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