Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureChimú

Titles

Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumCast gold

Dimensions4 3/4 × 1 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (12.1 × 3.5 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1052

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance(Lot #226 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 28, 1997 (Sale 6996));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1052
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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