Stylized Parrot Head Ornament

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Stylized Parrot Head Ornament
CultureCalima
Titles
  • Stylized Parrot Head Ornament
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1177.A,.B
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1999–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #15, precedes object bought at auction, November 1999.

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