Small Spoon with Hummingbird

Small Spoon with Hummingbird

Public Domain

CultureChimú (probably)
Titles
  • Small Spoon with Hummingbird
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/16 × 1 1/16 × 5/16in. (7.8 × 2.7 × 0.8cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.960
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.960

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