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CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Figure
  • Shaman
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru
MediumTurquoise
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (2.6 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.937
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 September 1971–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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

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