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Tunjo


Muisca, Period V or VI
900-1500 CE
4.76 x 1.53 x 0.62 cm (1 7/8 x 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
gold
PC.B.418

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. 335.

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. 277, 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. 11.




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, November 1952 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.