Figure of a Llama

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Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Figure of a Llama
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Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 1/4 × 1 in. (2.9 × 0.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1258
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 1979–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #9, photographs documenting reorganization of display at residence, November 1979.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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