Feline Deity Head Vessel

CultureChavín
Titles
  • Feline Deity Head Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.287
Not on view

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Provenance(Lot #141 in Arte Primitivo's Fine Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction, November 9, 2005. Auction #33);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.287

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front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.298
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.296
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.302
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.297
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.300
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.301
back of object
100 BC–700 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.299
side view of object
1100–1450 AD
Earthenware with slip
2010.289
inside of bowl
900–200 BC
Earthenware with polychrome resin paint
2010.304
Vessel in the Form of a Feline Head
100–800 AD
Earthenware with slip
2013.86
front of object
900–200 BC
Earthenware with polychrome resin paint
2010.303
Effigy Deity Head Vessel
1200–1519 AD
Earthenware with slip
2013.293