Double-headed Serpent Deity Vessel

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Double-headed Serpent Deity Vessel
CultureParacas
Titles
  • Double-headed Serpent Deity Vessel
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumEarthenware with polychrome resin paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (24.4 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.305
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein, NY;
(Lot #47209 in Heritage's Important Pre-Columbian and Native American Art Auction, September 29, 2006);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.305

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