Spiral-Beaked Bird Pendant

Atlantic Watershed, Pre-Columbian

Period V (500-1000), 500 - 800

  • Titles Spiral-Beaked Bird Pendant (Descriptive)
  • Artist Atlantic Watershed, Costa Rica
  • Medium stone
  • Dimensions 1 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3.2 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.253.2010
  • Work Type pendant
  • Classification Jewelry

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