Toucan Finial

Toucan Finial

Public Domain

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Toucan Finial
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (4.8 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.967
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, 2001.967

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Toucan Finial
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.968
Toucan Staff Top
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962
front of object
Head Finial
800-1375 AD
Gold
2001.1061
front of object
Deity Head Effigy Finial
100–800 AD
Gold
2001.1064
front of objects
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
Tunjo offering
Tunjo offering
900–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1106
Figure, possibly from a gold vessel
Figure, possibly from a gold vessel
800–1375 AD
Gold
2001.1228
Litter Ornament
Litter Ornament
c. 1450–1620 AD
Gold
2001.1253
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1235
Dipper
Dipper
200–1600 AD
Gold
2001.841