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Finial with Bird (Harpy Eagle with Royal Flycatcher Crest?)
Finial with Bird (Harpy Eagle with Royal Flycatcher Crest?)
400–1000
Gold, cast
Overall: 11.4 x 7.2 x 6 cm (4 1/2 x 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2015.3
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A museum visitor corrected our identification of this bird!
Description
This gold finial fit over the end of a staff, an emblem of rank. The bird has the hooked beak of a raptor—perhaps the harpy eagle, the “king” of tropical forests. The enormous crest, however, may be inspired by the Royal Flycatcher, a smaller bird that fans its unique, brilliantly colored crest during mating.
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