Seated Fox Figure Effigy Vessel

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Seated Fox Figure Effigy Vessel
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions9 3/8 × 5 × 7 3/8 in. (23.8 × 12.7 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Arthur T. McDannald, by exchange; Ellen L. Luby and Sterling A. Minor; and of Samuel and Edward Merrin in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2006.269
Not on view

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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.

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