Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper

detail view of finial

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 1/4 × 3/8 × 7/16 in. (13.3 × 1 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1398
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #50 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 2, 1990);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1398

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