Flute Surmounted by the Figure of a Bird

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Flute Surmounted by the Figure of a Bird
CultureChimú
Titles
  • Flute Surmounted by the Figure of a Bird
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumBone, shell inlay
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 7/8 in. (15.6 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.403
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, 2010.403

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