Mortar

CultureValdivia
Titles
  • Mortar
Date3300 BC–1500 AD
PlaceEcuador
MediumStone
Dimensions5 1/4 × 10 7/8 × 4 5/8 in. (13.3 × 27.6 × 11.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.1626
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceIsrael Jaramillo, 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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