Vessel with an Opened Spondylus Shell

Vessel with an Opened Spondylus Shell

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Vessel with an Opened Spondylus Shell
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Vessel with an Opened Spondylus Shell
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions6 × 7 × 5 1/4 in. (15.2 × 17.8 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1173
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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, 2001.1173

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