Unknown Central and South American
Pendant Depicting a Human with Birds

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Pendant Depicting a Human with Birds
Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Pendant Depicting a Human with Birds
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 × 3 × 1 3/8 in. (12.4 × 7.6 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.996
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.996

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