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Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

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Bird Pendant
Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Bird Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 3 1/8 in. (6 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1235
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
207M Libbie Masterson Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 26, 1985, lot 69]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 26, 1985–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "NOV 85."
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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front of object
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500–1550 AD
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Pendant in the Shape of a Frigate Bird, one of five
500–1550 AD
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2010.1351
front of object
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Pendant in the Shape of a Frigate Bird, one of five
500–1550 AD
Gold
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front of object
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Bird Pendant
500–1550 AD
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600–1550 AD
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front of object
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300–1550 AD
Gold
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front of object
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700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1234
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Stylized Bird Pendant
900–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1319
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Unknown Central and South American
Bird Pendant, one of four
800–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1358
Bird Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Bird Pendant
900–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4237
Unknown Central and South American