Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper with Bird Finial

overall of lime dipper

Public Domain

Lime Dipper with Bird Finial
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper with Bird Finial
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 × 1/2 × 3/8 in. (14.6 × 1.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.417
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #50 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 2, 1990);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.417

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