Shaman Pendant

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CultureMuisca

Titles

Shaman Pendant
Figural Pendant

Date600–1500 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumCast and hammered gold

Dimensions6 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1/2 in. (17.1 × 11.4 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1012

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

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before August 1, 2000] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 1, 2000–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on August 1, 2000.

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