Headdress Ornament in the Form of a Stylized Bird

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Headdress Ornament in the Form of a Stylized Bird
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions8 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 1 in. (21.0 × 28.6 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2214
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ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 6, 2003–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory # precedes object described on February 6, 2003.

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