Mirror

Mirror

Public Domain

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Mirror
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumAnthracite
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (1.3 × 8.3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1285.3
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #183 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 20, 1986);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1986 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 86"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1285.3

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