Claw Necklace

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Claw Necklace
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions6 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (17.1 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4263
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMontclair Art Museum, New Jersey [1]; [Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1987, lot 57]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1987–2002 [2]; given to MFAH, 2002.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album # 11.
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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