Bird effigy staff head

A.D. 500–1550

Object PlaceSucre and Cordoba Departments, Colombia

Medium/TechniqueGold alloy

Dimensions5.2 x 3.6 x 4.7 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund

Accession number23.450

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ClassificationsRitual objects

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ProvenanceAccording to a note in the file: from a river burial, lower Cauca River Valley, in the vicinity of Medellín, Colombia. with Walter Channing Wyman, Chicago(?), by 1923; to MFA, October 1923, purchased as part of a group of 8 pieces for $650.00.