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Ornament in the Form of a Hummingbird Sipping from a Flower

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Ornament in the Form of a Hummingbird Sipping from a Flower
Artist
CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
  • Ornament in the Form of a Hummingbird Sipping from a Flower
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 3 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (13.3 × 9.9 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1383
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 c. August, 1993–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory; near object described on August 20, 1993.

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