Poporo with Dipper

Poporo with Dipper

Public Domain

Poporo with Dipper
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Poporo with Dipper
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (15.8 × 6.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.854.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceMalcolm G. Delacorte, New York, by 1960; […]; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, by 1999]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by November 22, 1999–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes purchase on November 22, 1999.

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