Figure of a Female with Two Mini Tupus

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CultureInca (Inka)

Titles

Figure of a Female with Two Mini Tupus
Shaman

Date1200–1532 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/16 × 7/8 × 11/16 in. (5.3 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.946

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance(Lot #53 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982. Sale 4968);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1982 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 82"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.946

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