Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds

Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds

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Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall (Each): 11/16 × 3/4 in. (1.8 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Gold, gift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2454.1-.23
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 12, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, precedes object purchased from Christie's auction on January 12, 2003.

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