Bird Ornament

Bird Ornament

Public Domain

CultureChimú (possibly)
Titles
  • Bird Ornament
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru , South America
MediumGold
Dimensions9 × 21 1/2 × 1/2 in. (22.9 × 54.6 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1255
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, slide dated "NOV 79"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1255

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