Shaman

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

Titles

Shaman

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4206

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before March 9, 1999 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least March 9, 1999–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory among purchases from Ken Klassen described on March 9, 1999.

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