Nine Dippers or Tupus

Nine Dippers or Tupus

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Nine Dippers or Tupus
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumSilver
DimensionsEach: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4349.1-.9
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1982 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 82"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4349.1

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