Unknown Central and South American
Staff with Monkey Figures

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Public Domain

Staff with Monkey Figures
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Staff with Monkey Figures
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood with feathers, inlaid with shell and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 7 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (20.1 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1092
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February, 1972–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 8, slide dated "FEB 72."

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