Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper Surmounted by a Figure of a Deity with a Snake

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Lime Dipper Surmounted by a Figure of a Deity with a Snake
Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Lime Dipper Surmounted by a Figure of a Deity with a Snake
Date1–1600 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumBone with paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 13/16 × 3/16 in. (15 × 2 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.418
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.418

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