Bowl with Deity Effigy

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Bowl with Deity Effigy

Date200 BC–400 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (6.4 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1174

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[John Wise (1902–1981), Dallas, by 1967]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1976–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #9, precedes photographs of AG 1178 (2010.1118) purchased in 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Illegible handwritten sticker on inside of bowl
Handwritten sticker on inside of bowl:67-DS / 4

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