Fish Hook

Fish Hook

Public Domain

CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Fish Hook
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3/4 × 5/8in. (4.8 × 1.9 × 1.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1104
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 1985 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 85"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1104

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