Unknown Central and South American
Staff with Bird

Staff with Bird

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Staff with Bird
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold foil
Dimensions3 3/4 × 5/8 × 7/16 in. (9.5 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4285
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4285

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