Unknown Central and South American
Figure of a Ruler

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Figure of a Ruler
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 4 × 1 in. (18.4 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1022
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #47219 in Heritage's Pre-Columbian Art Auction of The Hendershott Collection, Sept. 29, 2006);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.1022

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