Bead with a Figure of a Bird at the Finial

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CultureTairona

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Bead with a Figure of a Bird at the Finial
Bead

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 5/8 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 1.6 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.273

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 1989, Pre-Columbian Sale 5855, Lot 48]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 16, 1989–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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