Lime Dipper Spoon

overall view of object

Public Domain

CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Lime Dipper Spoon
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceHacienda Ocucaje, Peru
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/8 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (7.9 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1051
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 1968 [Glassell slide dated June 1968] [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "JUN 68"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1051

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