Group of Parrot Figurines

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CultureChimú

Titles

Group of Parrot Figurines

Date1100–1450 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

DimensionsEach: 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in. (1.9 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.969.1-.20

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

Provenance(Similar to lot # 98 in Christie's Fine Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 21, 2006 (NOTE: There were only fifteen in this lot and there is a total of twenty in the Glassell Collection.));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.969.1

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