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
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.981
