Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

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Bird Pendant
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Bird Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlacePanama
PlaceCosta Rica
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 × 3 1/8 in. (6 × 7.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1235
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 26, 1985, lot 69]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 26, 1985–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "NOV 85."
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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