Dipper

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CultureQuimbaya

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Dipper

Date200–1600 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions16 1/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (41 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.841

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

ProvenanceFrancisco Ocampo, New York, before July 31, 2000 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least July 31, 2000–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory - end of Glassell Album #16, described on July 31, 2000, purchased from Ocampo.
Exhibition History"Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, May 29—October 2, 2022; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, November 6, 2022—April 16, 2023; Montreál Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, May 29—October 8, 2023. (OL.1515)

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