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Toucan Staff Top

Toucan Staff Top

Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Toucan Staff Top
  • Finial of a toucan
Date1–1550
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumCast gold
Dimensions4 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.8 × 4.4 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.962
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 50]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1999–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.

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Toucan Finial
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.967
Toucan Finial
Unknown Central and South American
Toucan Finial
500–1550 AD
Gold
2001.968
Plume Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Plume Ornament
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.1271
Litter Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Litter Ornament
c. 1450–1620 AD
Gold
2001.1253
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Crown Depicting Deity Effigy
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.900
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.831
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the form of a double spiral
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1235
Crown
Unknown Central and South American
Crown
100 BC–700 AD
Gold and string
2001.903
Tunjo offering
Unknown Central and South American
Tunjo offering
900–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1106
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
Unknown Central and South American
Lime Dipper Spoon with Three Birds
1100–1450 AD
Cast gold
2001.1052
Crown Depicting Rulers Holding Ceremonial Staffs
Unknown Central and South American
Crown Depicting Rulers Holding Ceremonial Staffs
800–1375 AD
Hammered and chased gold
2001.1065
Funerary Mask
Unknown Central and South American
Funerary Mask
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.975
Unknown Central and South American