Shaman Pendant

Shaman Pendant

Public Domain

Shaman Pendant
CultureDarién-Zenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Shaman Pendant
  • Anthropomorphic Pendant
Date500–900 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions8 1/4 × 6 × 1 1/16 in. (21.0 × 15.2 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.925
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceLot #36 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 14, 1991;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.925

Similar examples sold at Sotheby's 12.5.1981, Lot 88 and Sotheby's 5.2-5.1972, Lot 218

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Cast and hammered gold
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Gold
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300 BC–300 AD
Gold
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1–800
Cast gold
2001.1042
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.998
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500–1550 AD
Gold
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front of object
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
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front of object
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1–800
Gold
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front of object
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300–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1019
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1000–1550 AD
Gold
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