Unknown Central and South American
Feline Figure

Feline Figure

Public Domain

Feline Figure
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Feline Figure
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt copper and shell
Dimensions5 1/8 × 6 × 1 1/4 in. (13 × 15.2 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2556
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceFrederick Lehmann, Ann Arbor, MI, before January 12, 2003 [1]; purchased by Alfred 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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