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CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Figure
  • Shaman
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru
MediumTurquoise and cinnabar
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 11/16 × 11/16 in. (3.2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.931
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 1971–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #7, precedes slide dated "JUL 71."

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Gold, silver, and cinnabar
2010.1021.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Gold with hematite or cinnabar
2010.445
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Gilt silver and cinnabar
2010.1087
Duck
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
Pair of Ornaments with Faces and Beads
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Gold, hematite or cinnabar
2001.1089
Cinnabar Pouch
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Animal hide, dyed fibers, silver, spondylus shell beads, cinnabar
2001.1134.A,.B
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Silver, cinnabar or hematite lacquer
2001.1231
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold with turquoise
2010.265
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Gold, sodalite with turquoise
2010.264
Necklace Assembly of Bird Head Ornaments and Beads
Unknown Central and South American
200 BC–400 AD
Gold and turquoise
2010.490
Pair of Trophy Head Pendants
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, greenstone, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.990.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American