CultureQuimbaya
Titles
- Lime Container (Poporo) Lid
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 × 2 5/16 in. (10.5 × 5.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.852.A,.B
Not on view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.852.A,.B
(A similar example sold at Sotheby's NY 11.23.1998, Lot #64.)
(Another sold at Christie's Paris 12.8.2004, Lot #355.)
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650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1160.A,.B
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650–900 AD
Wood, shells, stone, and cotton twine
2001.1161
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.981
Unknown Central and South American
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.861
Unknown Central and South American
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.859
Unknown Central and South American
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.851.1,.2
