Anthropomorphic Pendant

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Anthropomorphic Pendant
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Anthropomorphic Pendant
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGreen stone
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 1 9/16 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 4 × 0.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.901
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 around September 1971–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #7, near slide dated "SEP 71."

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