Unknown Central and South American
Bowl

Bowl

Public Domain

Bowl
Artist
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Bowl
Date900–200 BC
MediumStone
Dimensions3 × 7 3/8 dia. in. (7.6 × 18.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2532
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, Pre-Columbian Sale 6562, Lot 13] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1994–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on June 13, 1994.

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