Unknown Central and South American
Feline Deity Head Vessel

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Public Domain

Feline Deity Head Vessel
Artist
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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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
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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