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Figure

Date:: 6th–10th century
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Wari
Medium:: Stone
Dimensions:: H. 1 1/2 x W. 13/16 x D. 13/16 in. (3.8 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm)
Classification:: Stone-Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.417

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Gabriella Passamonti, Lima, Peru, until 1956; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1956, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1956–1978
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Central and Southern Andes, 500–1000 A.D.

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