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Dipper

Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka) (possibly)
Titles
  • Dipper
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 × 11/16 × 1/4 in. (7.6 × 1.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.961
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M 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 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.961

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detail view of finial
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1117
Lime Dipper
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Lime Dipper
200 BC–1300 AD
Gold
2001.839
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
2001.1260
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958
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Unknown Central and South American
Duck
100–800 AD
Gold with cinnabar
2001.1133
Twelve Round Plaques
Unknown Central and South American
Twelve Round Plaques
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1266.1-.12
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
1100–1450 AD
Gilded silver
2001.1261
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
1100–1450 AD
Gilded silver
2001.1262
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
detail view of finial
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1043
Lime Dipper
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1047
Unknown Central and South American