Unknown Central and South American
Figural Staff with Projection from Belly

Figural Staff with Projection from Belly

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Figural Staff with Projection from Belly
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Figural Staff with Projection from Belly
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 in. height (21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4312
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 at least March 15, 1996–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on March 15, 1996.

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