Set of Seven Figural Pendants

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Set of Seven Figural Pendants
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1031.1-.7
Non exposé

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ProvenanceGladys M. Hill; Estate of Gladys M. Hill [1]; [Sotheby's New York, May 12-13, 1983, lot 156]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1983–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Inventory, described on July 29, 1983.

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Two Hammered Figural Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2002.4209.1,.2
Seven Figural Ornaments
600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.1-.7
Pair of Crab Bell Pendants
900–1550 AD
Cast gold
2001.1100.1,.2
Pair of Flying Fish Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1125.1,.2
Pair of Bar Pendants
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4207.1,.2
Three Cast Openwork Pendants
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4210.1-.3
Eleven Foil Hummingbird Pendants
100 BC–700 AD
Sheet gold
2002.4248.1-.11
Sixteen Floral Pendants
1000 BC–1600 AD
Gold
2002.4309.1-.16
Pair of Butterfly Pendants
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.832.1,.2
front of object
300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1019