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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front of objects
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Group of Whales from a Textile's Edging
100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
2001.1005.1-.27
detail view of finial
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1044
Crown
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1273
Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1280
overall view of object
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.1051
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958
Dipper
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.961
Small Spoon with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.960
Lime Dipper with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1260