Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Shell Effigy Pectoral
AD 1400-1534
earthenware
(Ancient Americas )
(Ancient Americas )
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Purchased by John G. Bourne, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1947 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
[1] from an ornithologist in Ecuador
Geographies
Ecuador
(Place of Origin)
Peru (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/2 x L: 7 3/16 x W: 3 1/2 in. (6.35 x 18.29 x 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John G. Bourne, 2013
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
2009.20.145