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
Dimensions10 1/4 × 1/2 × 7/16 in. (26 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1044
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1992, lot 57]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 1992–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell inventory.

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