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
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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