Spoon Surmounted by a Figure of a Bird

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Spoon Surmounted by a Figure of a Bird
Date900 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 5 9/16 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (14.2 × 1.7 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1117
Not on view

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ProvenanceJean-Eugene Lions collection, Geneva, by 1980's [1]; [Arte Primitivo, New York, by July, 2006] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, July, 2006–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Arte Primitivo Invoice, July 5, 2006.

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