Lime Dipper

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CultureCalima (possibly)

Titles

Lime Dipper

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions3 3/8 × 5/8 × 3/8 in. (8.6 × 1.6 × 1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1260

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1260
Exhibition HistoryRituals of Euphoria: Coca in South America, Museum of Primitive Art, 3/6-9/8/1974

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