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
Not on view
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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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Unknown Egyptian
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1980
Wood
98.480
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2