Scepter with Llama Head Finial

Scepter with Llama Head Finial

Public Domain

CultureChancay
Titles
  • Scepter with Llama Head Finial
Date800–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone and paint
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/16 × 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (10.9 × 1.8 × 4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1179
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceJean-Eugene Lions collection, Geneva, by 1980's [1]; [Arte Primitivo, New York, by July, 2006] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, July, 2006–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Arte Primitivo Invoice, July 5, 2006.

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