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Toucan Finial

Toucan Finial

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Toucan Finial
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (5.7 × 8.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.968
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, May 2, 1990, lot #42);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.968

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Toucan Finial
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.967
Toucan Staff Top
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Head Finial
800-1375 AD
Gold
2001.1061
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Deity Head Effigy Finial
100–800 AD
Gold Template for mount in accession file.
2001.1064
front of objects
Unknown Central and South American
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Miniature Seated Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Miniature Seated Figure
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.989
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1272
Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity
Unknown Central and South American
Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity
800–1375 AD
Hammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
2001.1072
Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1250
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.1289
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Tweezer Ornament
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.859
Unknown Central and South American