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Human Figure Holding Child

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Human Figure Holding Child
Artist
CultureMuisca
Titles
  • Human Figure Holding Child
Date600–1500 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (13.3 × 3.8 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.967
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #43 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 20, 1986);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, since 1986 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 86"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.967

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