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Disk with a Llama

Disk with a Llama

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Disk with a Llama
Artist
CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Disk with a Llama
Date400–1000 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions4 1/8 dia. in. (10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2535
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
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 May, 1979–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchases made on May 12, 1979.
[2] Glassell Album # 9, photographs taken in November, 1979.

Exhibition History"Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca," Denver Art Museum, October 16, 2004–January 23, 2005.

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