Scoop with Rattle Handle

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Scoop with Rattle Handle
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Scoop with Rattle Handle
  • Tool
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt silver and cinnabar
DimensionsOverall: 13/16 × 1 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (2.1 × 3.5 × 12 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1087
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 July, 1970–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70."

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