Unknown Central and South American
Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs

Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs

Public Domain

Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs
Artist
CultureChancay
Titles
  • Textile Fragment with Felines and Birds Designs
Date800–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumTextile
DimensionsOverall: 33 1/4 × 19 5/16 in. (84.5 × 49 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1069
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDaniel Brooks, by 1978; Professor Hugo Munsterberg (1916–1995), New Paltz, New York, 1978; [Arte Primitivo, Fine Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction, June 18, 2007 (Auction #42), lot 539]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 18, 2007–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed sticker on side: #072 Chanacy Peru / 14th Century / $1,850

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