Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container

Lime Container

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Lime Container
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 3/4 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 1.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1230
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 15, 1998–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchase on September 15, 1998.

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