Pendant in the form of a bird
ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE
Classification
Jewelry and Ornament
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
Accession Number
S1987.559
Tags
About this artwork
Pendant bird (peacock?); carved in the round; pierced; translucent yellow-gray. (Crest broken off; clouds of calcification; surface rough.)
About the Artist
Unknown
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