Bird on Shell

Bird on Shell

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Bird on Shell
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, Central America
MediumGold
Dimensions7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3/4 in. (19.1 × 19.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.964
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, 2001, 2001.964

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Bird Ornament
Bird Ornament
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1229
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
front of objects
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
Crown with Birds
Crown with Birds
750–1470
Silver
2001.1177
detail view of finial
Lime Dipper
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1044
Crown
Crown
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1273
Pectoral
Pectoral
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1280
overall view of object
Lime Dipper Spoon
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.1051
Lime Dipper
Lime Dipper
1000–1470 AD
Gold and silver
2001.958
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1235
Dipper
Dipper
1200–1532 AD
Gold
2001.961
Small Spoon with Hummingbird
Small Spoon with Hummingbird
1000–1470 AD
Gold
2001.960