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Lidded Container in the Form of a Basket

Lidded Container in the Form of a Basket

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Lidded Container in the Form of a Basket
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lidded Container in the Form of a Basket
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7.0 × 5.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4341.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's, 5/17/1994, Sale #6562, Lot #65, $7,475);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4341

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Unknown Central and South American
Container
1000–1500 AD
Gold
2002.4305
as displayed in Glassell home, with AG.2018
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container (Poporo) Lid
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.852.A,.B
assembled
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container (Poporo) Lid
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.853.A-.C
Three Containers in the Form of Shells
Unknown Central and South American
Three Containers in the Form of Shells
500–1550 AD
Stone
2001.1147.1-.3
Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container and Finial with Stopper and Beaded Chain
200–1600 AD
Gold, gourd, and brass
2002.4292.A,.B
Lime Container
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1230
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ovoid Lime Container (poporo)
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1050
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container (poporo) with Dipper
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1045.A,.B
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Container
650–900 AD
Wood
2010.848
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament with Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Bird
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.342
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the Form of a Stylized Bird, one of three
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1378
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the Form of a Stylized Bird, one of three
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1377
Unknown Central and South American