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Fish Hook

Fish Hook

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Fish Hook
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3/4 × 5/8in. (4.8 × 1.9 × 1.6cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1104
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1985 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "NOV 85"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1104

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Fish Hook
Unknown Central and South American
Fish Hook
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1103
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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Five Fish Hooks
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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1200–1532 AD
Stone, shell, and string
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Spoon with Depictions of Fish
Unknown Central and South American
Spoon with Depictions of Fish
1100–1450 AD
Bone and paint
2010.1099
Chisel
Unknown Central and South American
Chisel
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.995
Chisel
Unknown Central and South American
Chisel
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.994
Chisel
Unknown Central and South American
Chisel
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.993
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ceremonial Atlatl
650–900 AD
Wood, gold, copper, shell, and turquoise
2010.1102
side view of object
Unknown Central and South American
Mirror with Hand and Bird
1000–1470 AD
Painted wood and mother-of-pearl
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Mirror with Standing Ruler
1100–1450 AD
Wood
2001.1136
Awl
Unknown Central and South American
Awl
650–900 AD
Bone
2002.4448
Unknown Central and South American