Unknown Central and South American
Dipper

Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Dipper
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone
Dimensions2 7/8 × 5/8 × 1/4 in. (7.3 × 1.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4449
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceMr. Kaye, before February 1972 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 1972–2002 [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, "acquired from the collection of Mr. Kaye".
[2] Glassell Album #8, before slide dated "FEB 72".

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