Ornament with Seven Ibis Birds

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Ornament with Seven Ibis Birds
CultureInca (Inka)
Titles
  • Ornament with Seven Ibis Birds
Date1200–1532 AD
PlaceIca Valley, Peru
MediumSilver, gold, and feathers
DimensionsOverall (not including attached string): 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (3.8 × 26.7 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1254
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1967–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #4, slide dated "DEC 67."

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