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Lime Dipper

Lime Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 16 5/8 × 2 1/2 × 5/8 in. (42.2 × 6.4 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4405
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceKen Klassen, Burnaby, Washington, before May 22, 1992 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least May 22, 1992–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on May 22, 1992.

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200–1600 AD
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1000 BC–1400 AD
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100 BC–800 AD
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.1079
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2010.415
overall of entire dipper
Unknown Central and South American
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.416
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