Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain

Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain

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Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain
Date200–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold, gourd, and brass
Dimensions.A, gourd: 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (15.9 × 6.0 cm)
 .B, limestick: 5 7/8 × 5/16 in. (14.9 × .8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4292.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #217 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale 7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4292.A,.B

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