Lime Dipper with figure of a masked shaman

overall of entire dipper

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Lime Dipper with figure of a masked shaman
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper with figure of a masked shaman
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 10 5/8 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (27 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.416
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 20, 1986– 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2007–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes purchase on May 20, 1986.

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