Unknown Central and South American
Pendant in the Form of a Bird Eating Fish

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Pendant in the Form of a Bird Eating Fish
Artist
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Pendant in the Form of a Bird Eating Fish
  • Zoomorph
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell and gold
DimensionsOverall: 5 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in. (14.2 × 5.3 × 2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1227
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 1969–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #6, precedes slide dated "AUG 69."
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker on verso "Q1106"

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