Figural Spoon with Red Pigment

Figural Spoon with Red Pigment

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Figural Spoon with Red Pigment
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumWood with traces of paint
Dimensions3/8 × 1 3/8 × 5/8 in. (1.0 × 3.5 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4367
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, 2002.4367

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