Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper

Lime Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold, bi-metallic
Dimensions12 1/16 × 7/8 in. (30.6 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2460
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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300 BC–300 AD
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