Unknown Central and South American
Spoon with Bird

Spoon with Bird

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Spoon with Bird
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 1 × 7/16 in. (17.1 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4539
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 February 1973–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes AG 1077, which had entered collection by February 1973.

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