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Chimu Bronze Lime Dipper, Bird Finial browse these categories for related items... All Items: Pre-Columbian: Peru and Bolivia: Pre AD 1000: item #915779 Please refer to our stock #BD2469 when inquiring.
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Ancient Pre-Columbian Bronze Lime Dipper, from ancient Peru, Chimu culture, ca. 200 - 499 A.D. Cast bronze capped with a crouching bird with curved beak at top of the dipper shaft. Lime dippers were used in connection with gourd or metal containers which held the powdered mineral lime necessary as a catalyst in chewing coca leaves. The dipper tip was moistened so that the requisite small amount of lime would adhere. 3"L, tip of beak missing, tail re-glued, else very good.
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