Handle with Figure of the Head of a Feline and a Seated Figure

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CultureWari (Huari)

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Handle with Figure of the Head of a Feline and a Seated Figure

Date650–900 AD

PlacePeru

MediumWood inlaid with shell

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 1 × 5 13/16 in. (4.4 × 2.5 × 14.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1104

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

WOOD OBJECTS

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, June 2, 1999, lot 16]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 2, 1999–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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