Ornament with Seven Avians
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
- Ornament with Seven Avians
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceIca Valley, Peru
MediumSilver, gold, and feathers
DimensionsOverall (not including attached string): 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (3.8 × 26.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1254
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67."
[2] Glassell index card (c. 1968-69), slide dated to January 1968, and letter on vellum.
Published References Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976), fig. 683
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1200–1532 AD
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2001.998.A,.B
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1920–1940
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44.368
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1920–1940
Wood, paint, feathers, and string
44.350