Unknown Central and South American
Disk with Image of Sun God

Disk with Image of Sun God

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Disk with Image of Sun God
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Disk with Image of Sun God
Date400–1100 AD
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 7/8 in. (7.6 × 7.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2525
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 2004; given to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca," Denver Art Museum, October 16, 2004–January 23, 2005.

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