Owl

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Owl
Date1000–1550 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/8 × 1 × 7/8 in. (3.5 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1362.A,.B
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance(Similar to lot #71 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 18, 1987);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1362

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front of object
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1341
front of object
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.1204
Owl ornaments
100–700 AD
Gold
2001.1356.1,.2
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
front of object
600 BC–400 AD
Gold and white gold
2010.953
Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2002.4204
front of object
200 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.588
front of object
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2010.430