Mirror or Snuff Tray

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CultureChavín

Titles

Mirror or Snuff Tray

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumBone

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 4 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (20.6 × 11.8 × 3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1083

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1993, lot 4]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1993–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed green sticker: SOTHEBY'S / NEW YORK with a handwritten 4 in the center

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