2000.241.FA Profile bird-head figure pendant (Costa Rica, Guanacaste-Nicoya)

Late Period IV, 1–500 CE, NOT updated by KJones in TMS.

Greater Nicoya (Costa Rican styles): DMA

Costa Rican styles: AAT: 300386018

Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Costa Rica (nation): TGN: 7005364 

Nicoya (inhabited place / Guanacaste): TGN: 1016252

Guanacaste (province): TGN: 1001274

jadeite (mineral): AAT: 300011121

incising: AAT: 300053847

carving: AAT: 300053149

drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867

pendants (jewelry): AAT: 300046002

celts (cutting tools): AAT: 300251881

ritual objects: AAT: 300312158

worn costume accessories: AAT: 300209274

jewelry: AAT: 300209286

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

profiles (vantage point for figure): AAT: 300123319

animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475

headdresses: AAT: 300046023

headbands (headgear): AAT: 300046115

hairstyles: AAT: 300262903

standing: AAT:  300239500

supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947

deities: AAT: 300343850

anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335

abstraction: AAT: 300056508

geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509

geometric shape: AAT: 300263819

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279

green (color): AAT: 300128438

portable: AAT: 300256252

miniature (size): AAT: 300121995

Until 2000: Juanita K. Bromberg, Dallas [1], [2], [3]

From 2000: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts, The Alfred and Juanita Bromberg Collection, bequest of Juanita K. Bromberg [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance was existing provenance information in TMS. No other supporting information found in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object Files. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted. 

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated February 01, 2000, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is Deed of Gift from estate of Juanita K. Bromberg (dated November 02, 1999, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[4] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

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