Lime Dipper

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date200 BC–1300 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions13 7/8 × 1 × 3/4 in. (35.2 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.839
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellingham, Washington, before March 11, 1998 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by March 11, 1998–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory - described on March 11, 1998.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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