Stylized Feline Face Pendant

Stylized Feline Face Pendant

Public Domain

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Stylized Feline Face Pendant
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 6 3/8 × 1/16 in. (12.7 × 16.3 × 0.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4287
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Europe [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1987, lot 55]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1987–2002 [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #14.

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