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Bird Pendant

Central Highlands or Atlantic Watershed, 300-500

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Central Highlands

Bird Pendant

Central Highlands

Bird Pendant

Central Highlands or Atlantic Watershed, 300-500

Physical Qualities Greenstone, 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1960.30.54
Sawing to create the space between the legs and back. Drilling to make the suspension holes (biconically); much more shallow on the eyes. Impressions of drill can be seen especially on the bird's left eye. Incising to create the feet detail(Bryan Cockrell, Dumbarton Oaks, 12/11/2015).
Lange, Frederick W. ed. Precolumbian Jade: New Geological and Cultural Interpretations. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1993.

Culture

Central Highlands

2000–2000

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