{"data": {"id": 125349, "accession_number": "1947.30", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Lime Dipper, c. 1\u2013800 CE. Colombia, Calima region, Yotoco style. Gold; overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1947.30", "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region", "title": "Lime Dipper", "creation_date": "c. 1\u2013800 CE", "creation_date_earliest": 1, "creation_date_latest": 800, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Colombia, Calima region, Yotoco style"], "technique": "gold", "support_materials": [], "department": "Art of the Americas", "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 0.228, "length_inch": 9, "length_inch_fraction": 0.0}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 300804, "title": "Treasures of Peruvian Gold", "description": "<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).", "opening_date": "1966-02-23T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art: November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. \"Art of the Americas.\"", "opening_date": "1945-11-09T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950.  \"Ancient American Gold&#9;and Jade.\"  cat.no. 71, pg. 19, black and white repr.", "opening_date": "1950-10-06T00:00:00"}, {"description": "New York,  NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26-March 26, 1954.  \"Ancient Arts of the Andes.\" exh. cat., repr. in black and white, p. 142, fig. 164.", "opening_date": "1954-01-26T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. \"Treasures of Peruvian Gold.\"", "opening_date": "1966-02-23T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": ["2035.1945"], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Coca-leaf chewing was a widespread ritual in ancient South America. Utensils included a container and a dipper or spoon for powdered lime (made from seashells), added to the coca to enhance its gentle, stimulating effect. Colombian cultures are especially known for transforming these utensils into works of art made of precious metal. The image on the tallest dipper is wonderfully complex. A serpent coils at the bottom, beneath a snarling animal with a huge, vertical tail. This animal has a tiny monkey on its back; the monkey also has a huge tail, which rests on the first animal\u2019s head like a headdress. This intricate image was created with the lost-wax casting process.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60778476"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1947.30-lime-dipper"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 295", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n319"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 295", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n319"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 398", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n418"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.30", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_web.jpg", "width": "713", "height": "893", "filesize": "298352", "filename": "1947.30_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_print.jpg", "width": "1536", "height": "1925", "filesize": "1639194", "filename": "1947.30_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_full.tif", "width": "1536", "height": "1925", "filesize": "8873660", "filename": "1947.30_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "543", "height": "893", "filesize": "149476"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2067", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2906024"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt0_full.tif", "width": "3814", "height": "6271", "filesize": "71792332"}, "date_created": "2011-10-25T14:27:03", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "558", "height": "893", "filesize": "152027"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "2124", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2953544"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt1_full.tif", "width": "3972", "height": "6356", "filesize": "75775012"}, "date_created": "2011-10-25T14:41:55", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt2_web.jpg", "width": "565", "height": "893", "filesize": "157041"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt2_print.jpg", "width": "2150", "height": "3400", "filesize": "3064363"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt2_full.tif", "width": "3994", "height": "6315", "filesize": "75704832"}, "date_created": "2011-10-25T14:56:42", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt3_web.jpg", "width": "556", "height": "893", "filesize": "153673"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt3_print.jpg", "width": "2117", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2989892"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.30/1947.30_alt3_full.tif", "width": "3937", "height": "6323", "filesize": "74721096"}, "date_created": "2011-10-25T15:08:38", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Purchase from the J. 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