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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