Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; probably purchased by William Buckalew Robinson (1870-1928, a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, businessman) during travel to Colombia in association with his mining interests; purchased by MAI from W.B. Robinson in 1919 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Zenú (Sinú) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Previous owner
- William Buckalew Robinson (W. B. Robinson), Non-Indian, 1870-1928
- Seller
- William Buckalew Robinson (W. B. Robinson), Non-Indian, 1870-1928
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 1600
- Object Name
- Staff head/finial with double-headed deer
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 11 x 6.5 cm
- Object Type
- Personal items
