Figural Bead Pierced by a Bird Dipper

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CultureCalima

Titles

Figural Bead Pierced by a Bird Dipper

Date1000 BC–1600 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 3 in. height (7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4281

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenancePossibly Ken Klassen, Burnaby, Canada, before January 20, 1994 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least January 20, 1994–2002 [1]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory among purchases from Ken Klassen, the latest described on January 20, 1994.

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