Bird Pendants, one of nine

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Bird Pendants, one of nine

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumShell with turquoise inlay

DimensionsOverall: 5/8 × 1/2 in. (1.6 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1313.1

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1972–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 8, precedes slide dated "FEB 72."

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