Unknown Central and South American
Spoon

Spoon

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Spoon
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumStone
Dimensions1 5/8 × 13/16 × 3/8 in. (4.1 × 2.1 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4356
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 1974 [Glassell Album #8, slide dated "JAN 74"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4356

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