Unknown Central and South American
Bird Ornament

Bird Ornament

Public Domain

Bird Ornament
Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Bird Ornament
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 3 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (3.2 × 10.0 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4247
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 1992–2002 [1] [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory # precedes object described on July 13, 1992.
[2] Glassell Album # 12.

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