Vessel

Culture: Chimú
Period: Late Intermediate period, c.1000–1476
Date: c.1300–1438
Material: Silver and copper
made in: Peru, South America
Classification: Containers, metalwork
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 3 13/16 in. (9.6 cm)
max. diameter: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
min. diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
weight: 1.2 oz.
Credit Line: Gift of J. Lionberger Davis
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 159:1954

- 1950
Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, USA

1950 - 1954
J. Lionberger Davis (1878–1973), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries [1]

1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by J. Lionberger Davis [2]

Notes:
[1] A note found on the accession identifies J. Lionberger Davis purchased this object from "Heeramaneck, 1950" [SLAM document files].

[2] A letter dated December 15, 1954 from Perry T. Rathbone, director of the City Art Museum, to Davis acknowledges the gift of this object as part of a larger donation [Director's Office, Donor Files, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 9, 1954.

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