Unknown Central and South American
Seated Warrior with Inlaid Eyes and Mouth

Seated Warrior with Inlaid Eyes and Mouth

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Seated Warrior with Inlaid Eyes and Mouth
Artist
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Seated Warrior with Inlaid Eyes and Mouth
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus, shell, resin, cotton cord or sinew
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/16 × 1 × 9/16 in. (5.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.977
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1970–2008 [1][2][3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, precedes slide dated "JUL 70."
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Scheduled examination by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, letter dated 8/17/1971.

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