Group of Parrot Figurines

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Group of Parrot Figurines
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in. (1.9 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.969.1-.20
Not on view

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Provenance(Similar to lot # 98 in Christie's Fine Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 21, 2006 (NOTE: There were only fifteen in this lot and there is a total of twenty in the Glassell Collection.));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.969.1

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Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27
front of objects
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Finial of a parrot
1895–1905
Wood and gold leaf
97.1416
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
Tunjo offering
900–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1106
Figure, possibly from a gold vessel
800–1375 AD
Gold
2001.1228
Litter Ornament
c. 1450–1620 AD
Gold
2001.1253
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962