Lime Dipper

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date1000 BC–1400 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions14 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (37.5 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.840
Not on view

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ProvenanceKen Klassen, Bellington, Washington, before May 22, 2001 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by at least May 22, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- end of Glassell Album #16, described on May 22, 2001 purchased from Ken Klassen

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