Spatula Surmounted by the Figure of a Bird Head

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Spatula Surmounted by the Figure of a Bird Head
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone inlaid with shell
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 1 3/4 × 5 3/8 in. (5.1 × 4.4 × 13.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1314
Not on view

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17–18, 2000, lot 185]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17–18, 2000–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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