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Bird

Bird

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Bird
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 in. length (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4236
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #264 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 27, 1998. Sale #7138);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4236

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