Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Public Domain

Bird Pendant
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Bird Pendant
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumCast gold
Dimensions4 1/4 × 4 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (10.8 × 11.3 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1010
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, 2001.1010

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