Human Figure with a Caiman

Human Figure with a Caiman

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Human Figure with a Caiman
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (3.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.883
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 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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