Tray

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Public Domain

CultureTiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
Titles
  • Tray
Date550–1100 AD
PlaceChile
MediumWood with inlaid stone, shell, and metal
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 7/16 in. (18.4 × 8.3 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1120
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February, 1995–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Robert Sonin report, dated February 10, 1995.

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