Mantle

Mantle

Public Domain

CultureParacas
Titles
  • Mantle
  • Framed textile
Datec. 900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumCamelid wool and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 53 × 117 1/4 in. (134.6 × 297.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1075
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Puttick and Simpson, London, Oct. 5, 1933, possibly lot 16] [1] [2]; purchased by [John Wise (1902–1981), Dallas, 1933] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February, 1972–until d. 2008 [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Letters dated Nov. 13, 1973 and Nov. 26, 1973 between Pat Reeves, textile conservator at LACMA, and Sylvia H. Williams, Mellon Research Fellow at Brooklyn Museum
[2] Puttick and Simpson Catalog, October 5, 1933.
[3] Glassell Album # 8, slide dated "FEB 72."

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