Blind Shaman Effigy Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Blind Shaman Effigy Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumTerra cotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 5 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (22.2 × 13.3 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. in honor of Frances Marzio
Object number2004.1351
Not on view

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ProvenanceDaniel Friedenberg (1923–2011), Greenwich, Connecticut and New York City/John Platt, from the 1970s; [Leonard Kalina Fine Arts, by 2004]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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