"Seahorse" Pendant

"Seahorse" Pendant

Public Domain

"Seahorse" Pendant
CultureGreater Chiriqui or Coclé
Titles
  • "Seahorse" Pendant
Date700–1500 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/4 × 1 × 1 in. (8.3 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1037
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1983 [Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 83"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1037

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