Unknown Central and South American
Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCauca (Popayán)
Titles
  • Bird Pendant
Date900–1550 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (3.7 × 4.4 × 1.0 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4237
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #266 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 28, 1997 (Sale 6996));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4237

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