Finial in the form of a Bird

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

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Finial in the form of a Bird

Date600–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 × 1 3/4 in. (3.2 × 2.5 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1329

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 18, 1987, lot 53]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 18, 1987–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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