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Lime Dipper Spoon

overall view of object

Public Domain

Artist
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
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
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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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Three Tweezer-shaped Ornaments
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2010.1157-2010.1159
Crown with Birds
Unknown Central and South American
Crown with Birds
750–1470
Silver
2001.1177
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
200 BC–1300 AD
Gold
2001.839
detail view of finial
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1043
detail view of finial
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1117
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
1000 BC–1400 AD
Gold
2001.840
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1047
detail view of finial
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1044
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1260
Unknown Central and South American