Unknown Central and South American
Hummingbird Ornament

Hummingbird Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Hummingbird Ornament
Date100 BC–600 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3/4 × 1 15/16 × 9/16 in. (1.9 × 4.9 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.965
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 1967 [Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.965

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