Finial with a standing bird

Finial with a standing bird

Public Domain

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Finial with a standing bird
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 9/16 in. (5.4 × 6.7 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.670
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, by 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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