Unknown Central and South American
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
Not 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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