Unknown Central and South American
Bird Ornament

Bird Ornament

Public Domain

Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Bird Ornament
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 × 1 × 1/2 in. (2.5 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1229
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #5 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, Nov. 18, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1229

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