Double-headed Turtle Pendant

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CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Double-headed Turtle Pendant

Date900–1550 AD

PlacePanama, Central America

MediumGold

Dimensions3 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in. (8.3 × 6 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1126

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 11.20.1989, lot 88);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1126

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