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
Comparing literature
Reents-Budet, Dorie, Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas, London 2012, p. 138