Ornament with a Row of Birds

Ornament with a Row of Birds

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Ornament with a Row of Birds
Date1100–1500 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone and gold
Dimensions3 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in. (7.6 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4274
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, 2002.4274

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