CultureTairona
Titles
- Bead with a Figure of a Bird at the Finial
- Bead
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 5/8 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 1.6 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.273
Non exposé
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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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100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300