Pendant of a Stylized Bird

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Pendant of a Stylized Bird
CultureNariño
Titles
  • Pendant of a Stylized Bird
Date800–1500 AD
PlaceColombia , South America
MediumGold
Dimensions6 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (15.2 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1009
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, United States, before May 16, 1989 [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1989, lot 54] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 16, 1989–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's auction catalog.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on November 1, 1989.

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