Unknown Central and South American
Spoon

Spoon

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Spoon
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
Mediumwood
Dimensions1 × 1 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (2.5 × 2.7 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4363
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 1972 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "FEB 72"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4363

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