Toucan Finial

Toucan Finial

Public Domain

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Toucan Finial
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 1 in. (4.8 × 6.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.967
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, 2001.967

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Toucan Finial
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.968
Toucan Staff Top
Toucan Staff Top
1–1550
Cast gold
2001.962
front of object
Deity Head Effigy Finial
100–800 AD
Gold
2001.1064
front of object
Head Finial
800-1375 AD
Gold
2001.1061
front of objects
Crown adorned with ornaments depicting the Sun God
c. 300
Gold or gold alloy
2001.862.A,.B
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