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Muisca, Period V
800-1600 CE
3.81 cm x 1.91 cm x 0.64 cm (1 1/2 in. x 3/4 in. x 1/4 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.417

Not on view

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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. 59, cat. 334.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1957 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, New York. p. 269, cat. 276, pl. CXIV.

Greenwood, Mrs. Hugh A. (ED.) 1941 Special Exhibit of Latin American Silver, October 14-November 15 1941. Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., p. 1.

Hermann, Ball and Berlin Paul Graupe 1929 Sammlung Marc Rosenberg. Berlin. p. 60-61, cat. 329, pl. 11, no. 25.

Exhibition History

Special Exhibit of Latin American Silver", Pan American Union, Washington DC, 10/14 - 11/15/1941.

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, July 1954 to July 1962.

Acquisition History

Formerly in the Marc Rosenberg Collection, Berlin.

Purchased from Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe, Berlin (auction house), by Robert Woods Bliss, 1929.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1929-1962.

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

Object Last Modified: 7/7/2023