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
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100 BC–700 AD
Camelid wool and cotton
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front of object
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.856
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.855
Pair of Maize Plaques
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.986.1,.2
Pair of Frog Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold
2001.987.1,.2
Standing Male Shaman Pendant
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.838
Six Ornamental Plaques
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2001.1267.1-.6
Twelve Round Plaques
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1266.1-.12
Pair of Plaques
500–800 AD
Gold
2001.1268.1,.2
Sixteen Conical Ornaments
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1292.1-.16
Pair of Ornaments
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1241.1,.2