Figural Pendant with Four Birds

Figural Pendant with Four Birds

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Figural Pendant with Four Birds
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Figural Pendant with Four Birds
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 9/16 × 2 1/8 × 7/8 in. (9.0 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1021
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #66 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000. Sale #7476);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1021

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