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Lime Container

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Lime Container
  • Poporo
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (5.6 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.848
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 1970–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #6, precedes slide dated "SEP 70."

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