Ornament with Birds

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Ornament with Birds
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Ornament with Birds
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGilt silver
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.4 × 3.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.661
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1975;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.661

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