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Rain God Pendant

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureMixtec
Titles
  • Rain God Pendant
Date1000–1521 AD
PlaceMexico
MediumGold
Dimensions4 × 3 × 3/4 in. (10.2 × 7.6 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1035
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 22, 1999, lot 48]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 22, 1999–2001; given to MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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