Unknown Central and South American
Dipper with Painted Bird Finial

Dipper with Painted Bird Finial

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Dipper with Painted Bird Finial
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, traces of paint
Dimensions7 5/8 × 3/4 × 1/4 in. (19.4 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4366
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4366

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