Unknown Central and South American
Stopper with Bird

Stopper with Bird

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Stopper with Bird
Date1000–1470 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 13/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (7.1 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4243
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 1969–2002 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Album #4, precedes slide dated "JUL 69"
[2] Lou Slavitz report with Slide dated July 1969

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