Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper

Lime Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú (probably)
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold and silver
Dimensions3 3/8 × 1 × 3/8in. (8.6 × 2.5 × 1cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.958
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLou slavitz report with slide dated July 1969;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.958

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