Headdress Ornament of a Bird

Headdress Ornament of a Bird

Public Domain

CultureParacas
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament of a Bird
Datec. 900 BC–100 BC
PlacePeru , South America
MediumHammered and cut gold
Dimensions9 1/2 × 18 5/8 × 2 5/8 in. (24.1 × 47.3 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.898
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1990, lot 21]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, May 2, 1990—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Binder #11, slide of object dated "MAY 90."

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