Unknown Central and South American
Dipper

Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Dipper
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 5 15/16 × 9/16 × 1/2 in. (15.1 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4540
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceFrederick Landmann; [Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1993, Sale 6500 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 163]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1993–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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