Dipper

Dipper

Public Domain

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Dipper
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone
Dimensions5 3/4 in.
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4447
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection; [Sotheby's, New York, Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982. Sale 4968, Lot 306]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 23 & 24, 1982–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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