Lime Dipper

Lime Dipper

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/16 × 11/16 in. (8.4 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1078
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 May, 1986–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "MAY 86."

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