Figure of a Female

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Figure of a Female
  • Shaman
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 11/16 × 7/8 in. (6 × 1.7 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.945
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance(Lot #73 in Sotheby's Fine Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 5, 1980);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1980 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "DEC 80"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.945

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