Bird Headed Figural Pendant

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CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Bird Headed Figural Pendant

Date700–1500 AD

PlaceCosta Rica

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 13/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.1 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.922

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAndre Emmerich, Inc., New York;
(Sotheby's New York, May 17, 1993. Lot #56);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 1993;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.922

(A similar pendant was at auction at Sotheby's NY 11.18.1991 lot 69)
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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