Headdress Ornament of a Bird

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CultureParacas

Titles

Headdress Ornament of a Bird

Datec. 900–100 BC

PlacePeru , South America

MediumGold

Dimensions4 × 10 1/4 in. (10.2 × 26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.894

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before April 27, 1997] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913—2008), Houston, by April 27, 1997—2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory- described on April 27, 1997, purchased from David Bernstein.

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