Lime Spatula Surmounted by a Figure of a Fist

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CultureMoche

Titles

Lime Spatula Surmounted by a Figure of a Fist

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru

MediumBone inlaid with shell and turquoise

DimensionsOverall: 3 5/16 × 1 × 1 in. (8.4 × 2.5 × 2.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.419

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Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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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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