Unknown Central and South American
Spoon

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú or Inca (Inka)
Titles
  • Spoon
Date1200–1530 AD
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 7/8 × 1/8 in. (12.7 × 2.2 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1143
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 11.22.1993, lot #163 as part of a group of five objects);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1143

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