Unknown Central and South American
Rattle Bird Finial

Rattle Bird Finial

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Rattle Bird Finial
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 1/8 × 7/8 in. (3.8 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4241
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #214 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale 7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4241

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