Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumCast gold
Dimensions4 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (12.1 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1052
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #226 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 28, 1997 (Sale 6996));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1052
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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overall view of object
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detail view of finial
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Gilded silver
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