Ornament Depicting a Supernatural Animal with Feline and Bird Features

Ornament Depicting a Supernatural Animal with Feline and Bird Features

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Ornament Depicting a Supernatural Animal with Feline and Bird Features
CultureNasca
Titles
  • Ornament Depicting a Supernatural Animal with Feline and Bird Features
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 10 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (27.4 × 22.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1288
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1974–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #8, by slide dated "JAN 74."

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