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Bird Pectoral

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Bird Pectoral
  • Bird Ornament with Four Avians
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 in. (13 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1014
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, 2001.1014

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