Plaque

Plaque

Public Domain

Plaque
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Plaque
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumIvory or bone
Dimensions5 × 4 × 1/2 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2530
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 August 5, 1994–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object described on August 5, 1994.

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