Poporo in the form of a seated man wearing textiles

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CultureChimú

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Poporo in the form of a seated man wearing textiles

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 3 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7.6 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.846

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.846

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