Spatula

Spatula

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Spatula
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Spatula
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone with mother-of-pearl
Dimensions7 1/8 × 3/4 × 1 in. (18.1 × 1.9 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4276
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4276

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