Lime Dipper

Lime Dipper

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGilded silver
Dimensions3 7/8 × 1 1/16 × 1/4 in. (9.8 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1261
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 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1261

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