Unknown Central and South American
Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureChimú

Titles

Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

DimensionsHeight: 2 1/2 inches

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1250

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance(Lot #87 in Sotheby Parke Bernet's Fine Pre-Columbian Art and Colonial Paintings of Latin America, May 12, 1979 (Sale 4246));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, documents reorganization of display at home on November 1979];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1250

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