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Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel

Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel

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Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel
Artist
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Stirrup Spout Feline Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions7 × 5 1/2 dia. in. (17.8 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2006.296
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceCampbell Collection, Florida and Canada; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, until 2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Lapiner; "Pre-Columbian Art of South America" (1976); plate 286.

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Bowl
Unknown Central and South American
Bowl
900–200 BC
Stone
2004.2532
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Two Stirrup-Spout-Vessel-shaped Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, cotton cord
2010.700-2010.701
Incensario Stand
Unknown Central and South American
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.637
Incensario Stand
Unknown Central and South American
Incensario Stand
c. 600–900
Earthenware with pigment
2018.638
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Double Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Feline Deity
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.298
Overall front
Unknown African
Ere Ibeji (Sacred Twin Figure)
Early 20th century
Wood, glass beads, and brass
2023.145
Vase
Joseph-Théodore Deck
Vase
c. 1880
Earthenware with glaze
2009.520
Ornament in the Form of a Feline
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the Form of a Feline
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1181
Double Spout Vessel
Unknown Central and South American
Double Spout Vessel
100–400 AD
Earthenware with slip
61.32
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Anthropomorphic Pendant
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1012
Pair of Shaman Pendants with Plant Elements
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Shaman Pendants with Plant Elements
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1459.1,.2
Vessel with the Head of a Water Bird
Unknown Central and South American
Vessel with the Head of a Water Bird
100–500 AD
Earthenware with slip
2007.1777.A,.B
Unknown Central and South American