Bird Effigy Pendant

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Bird Effigy Pendant
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Bird Effigy Pendant
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.1 × 2.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1219
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1994–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #13, precedes object bought at auction, November 1994.

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