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Bird as Tweezer

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú (possibly)
Titles
  • Bird as Tweezer
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (3.8 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1099
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1099

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Cast gold
2001.1010
Pre-Columbian