Spatula

CultureChimú (probably)
Titles
  • Spatula
Date1100–1450 AD
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 3/4 in. (19.7 × 3.8 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4542
Not on view

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1994, Sale 6562 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 225]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1994–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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