Scoop with Finial in the Form of a Human Figure

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CultureChavín

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Scoop with Finial in the Form of a Human Figure
Tool

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 11/16 in. (8.3 × 1.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1082

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Christie's, Paris, June 7, 2005, lot 318]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, June 7, 2005–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Circular sticker with "445" written on it.

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