Deity Effigy Beaker Holding a Spondylus Shell

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CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

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Deity Effigy Beaker Holding a Spondylus Shell

Date800–1375 AD

PlaceBatán Grande, Peru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.282

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

200 Brown Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceGuillermo Aurich Collection (probably), Batán Grande, before 1965;
(John Wise, Dallas, by 1965);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1965 [Invoices from John Wise dated March 25, 1965 and April 29,1965. Note from John Wise confirming payment dated May 25,1965. Note From John Wise confirming Dr. Junius Bird familiar with object dated May 10,1965],[Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.282
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

"The Marzio Years: Transforming the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1982–2010," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 25, 2020–January 10, 2021.

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