Unknown Central and South American
Figural Bead Pierced by a Bird Dipper

Figural Bead Pierced by a Bird Dipper

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Figural Bead Pierced by a Bird Dipper
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. height (7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4281
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before January 20, 1994 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 20, 1994–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory among purchases from Ken Klassen, the latest described on January 20, 1994.

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