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Deer Finial


Zenú, Period IV
200 BCE-1000 CE
8.57 cm x 13.02 cm x 6.99 cm (3 3/8 in. x 5 1/8 in. x 2 3/4 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.525

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Bibliography
Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 56, cat. 316.

Falchetti, Ana Maria 2000 The Gold of Greater Zenu: Prehispanic Metallurgy in the Caribbean Lowlands of Colombia. In Precolumbian Gold: Technology, Style and Iconography, Colin McEwan, ed., pp. 132-151. British Museum Press, London.





Acquisition History
Purchased from John Wise, New York (dealer), by Dumbarton Oaks, 1963.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.


Object Last Modified: 7/7/2023