Unknown Central and South American
Pin or Tupu with Bird

Pin or Tupu with Bird

Public Domain

Artist
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Pin or Tupu with Bird
Date1200–1532 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/8 × 5/8 × 3/16 in. (13 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1372
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #306 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23 & 24, 1982. Sale #4968);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1372

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