Figure of a Female

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Figure of a Female
  • Shaman
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.947
Not on view

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Provenanceex-collection, Mathias Komor, NY;
(Lot #30 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 26, 1985);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1985 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 85"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.947

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