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Hollow Human Figure

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Hollow Human Figure
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Hollow Human Figure
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (7.3 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.881
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.881

similar example was at Sotheby's NY 11.11.2004 lot 219

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