Spatula

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CultureNariño

Titles

Spatula

Date800–1500 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions3 7/16 × 7/8 × 1/8 in. (8.7 × 2.2 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1251

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceProbably [André Emmerich (1924–2007), New York, before May 1971] [1]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September, 1971–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Album #7, slide dated "JUL 71," Andre Emmerich Photo Cat. No. YE 203.

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