Bowl with Deity Effigy

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CultureSicán (Lambayeque)

Titles

Bowl with Deity Effigy

Date800–1375 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (7 × 23.5 × 23.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1172

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Splendors of the World, Haiku, Hawaii]; Gary Hendershott, Little Rock, AK; [Heritage Important Pre-Columbian Art of the Hendershott Collection, September 29, 2006, lot 47191]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, September 29, 2006–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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