Poporo Representing a Male Shaman

Poporo Representing a Male Shaman

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Poporo Representing a Male Shaman
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Poporo Representing a Male Shaman
  • Poporo in the Form of a Seated Shaman Figure
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.856
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Louis Slavitz (1907–1992), New York, by 1965] [1]; purchased by Laurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), New Haven, Southport, Connecticut, and Florida, probably by 1989–1995 [1]; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995 [1]; purchased by [Robert Duff (La Paz Ltd.), Cedar, Michigan, 1995] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least April 22, 1997–2008 [1] [2]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Email from Robert Duff dated February 23, 2017.

[2] Glassell inventory, inventory number precedes purchase described on April 22, 1997.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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