Ornament of a Bird Holding a Human Head (one of a pair)

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Ornament of a Bird Holding a Human Head (one of a pair)

Date1000 BC–1600 AD

PlaceCentral or South America

MediumSpondylus shell inlaid with turquoise

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 2 × 11/16 in. (5.7 × 5.1 × 1.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1384.1

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

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SCULPTURE

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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