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Bird Head Ornaments

front of necklace

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Bird Head Ornaments
Artist
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Bird Head Ornaments
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePeru (probably)
MediumGold alloy
DimensionsOverall (length of necklace, doubled): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
 Overall (Each of twenty bird head ornaments): 1 3/4 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (4.4 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.489
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1967 [Glassell Album #3, Slide dated "DEC 67"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.489

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Unknown Central and South American
Necklace Assembly of Bird Head Ornaments and Beads
200 BC–400 AD
Gold alloy and turquoise
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front of objects
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Gold or gold alloy
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold or gold alloy
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Nose Ornament Depicting a Male Shaman
100–800 AD
Gold alloy
2010.537
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Gold-copper alloy (tumbaga)
2010.551
Disk
Unknown Central and South American
Disk
400–1000 AD
Gold or gold alloy
2004.2540
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
Unknown Central and South American
Circular Ornament (one of thirteen)
1–800
Gold or gold alloy
2002.4440.4
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Ornamental Mask
100–800 AD
Gold alloy, shell
2010.439
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Ornaments in the Form of Double Stylized Birds
1–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1331.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Birds and Fish
1100–1450 AD
Gold, shell
2010.318.1,.2
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Inlaid Circular Ear Ornaments with Birds
1100–1450 AD
Gold with stone and shell inlays
2010.320.1,.2
Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds
Unknown Central and South American
Twenty-Three Textile or Necklace Ornaments of Stylized Flying Birds
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2454.1-.23
Unknown Central and South American