Pectoral bird · Colombia, Tairona · ID: 3038459
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Patti Cadby Birch, USA (acquired before 1993)Howard Nowes, New York City, USA
Dutch Private Collection
Size
H: 8,4 cm
H: 3.3 inch
Description
gold, weight: 46,5 gram, very high quality cast hook beak bird with small moveable ring ornament in its beak, filigree appliqués work, attachment eyelets behind, acrylic base
The object Pectoral bird with the object ID 3038459 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 80 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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Comparing literature
Reents-Budet, Dorie, Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas, London 2012, p. 138