Two-part Fish Lime Container with Dipper

Two-part Fish Lime Container with Dipper

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Two-part Fish Lime Container with Dipper
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Two-part Fish Lime Container with Dipper
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood, bone, and string
Dimensions4 1/2 × 15/16 × 1/4 (bone)
 4 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. diameter (container and lid)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4357.A-.C
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 1970;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4357
Exhibition History"Rituals of Euphoria: Coca in South America," Museum of Primitive Art, 3/6–9/8/1974

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