Pair of Addorsed Bird Ornaments

Pair of Addorsed Bird Ornaments

Public Domain

CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Pair of Addorsed Bird Ornaments
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsEach: 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1/4 in. (6 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4245.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1999–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell inventory, # precedes object described on March 19, 1999.
[2] Glassell Album # 15.

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