Staff head

A.D. 500–1550

Object PlaceSucre and Cordoba Departments, Colombia

Medium/TechniqueGold alloy

DimensionsOverall: 4.5 x 2.1 x 4.5 cm (1 3/4 x 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit LineHarriet Otis Cruft Fund

Accession number23.451

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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.