CultureChimú
Titles
- Beaker with Birds
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/16 in. (14.9 × 10.5 × 10.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1074
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell album #3, slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1074
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered gold with mother-of-pearl and turquoise inlay
2001.1187
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, silver, spondylus, purple mussel shell, turquoise, wood, resin, cotton cord
2010.978
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.987.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Gold
2004.2485
Unknown Central and South American
c. 1000–500 BC
Greenstone
2023.232
Unknown Indonesian
c. 1890
Repousse gold, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and gold leaf
2004.2256