Bird Head Ornaments

front of necklace

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Bird Head Ornaments
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru (probably)
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall (length of necklace, doubled): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
 Overall (Each of twenty bird head ornaments): 1 3/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (4.4 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.489
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #3, Slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.489

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