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CultureOlmec

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Date900–200 BC

PlaceMexico

MediumSerpentine

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 2 1/16 × 1 5/16 in. (13.3 × 5.3 × 3.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1057

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceMr. L. Davis, Hawaii, since the 1960s; private collection, USA; [Christie's, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, May 23, 2007, lot 65]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 23, 2007–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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