Pectoral with Birds and Shamans

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Public Domain

Pectoral with Birds and Shamans
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pectoral with Birds and Shamans
  • Pectoral with Figures
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/16 × 8 1/16 in. (20.8 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.789
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 2, 1990, lot 56]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1990–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.

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