Disc with Mirror

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Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Disc with Mirror
  • Tool
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood, paint, and pyrite
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 13 1/8 in. (2.5 × 33.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1097
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker on verso "3295.1/LITT, EX.ARROWSMITH, EX.BISHOP, EX.P.FURST, EX.W.CLERK"

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