Pair of Bird Vessels
CultureChimú
Titles
- Pair of Bird Vessels
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 2 3/4 × 7 × 5 3/8 in. (7 × 17.8 × 13.7 cm)
.2: 3 1/8 × 7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (7.9 × 18.4 × 13.7 cm)
.2: 3 1/8 × 7 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (7.9 × 18.4 × 13.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4239-2002.4240
Non exposé
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Object Type
(John Wise, Dallas, TX, by 1965);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1965 [John Wise invoice dated March 25, 1965. John Wise letter dated December 8, 1967] [Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4239
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
Published References Leonard, Jonathan N. Ancient America: by Jonathan Norton Leonard and the editors of Time-Life Books. New York: Time-Life International, 1970. p. 95.
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Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1378
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1377
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2010.1376
