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Turtle

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Turtle
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceDiquís Region, Costa Rica
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.6 × 4.4 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1118
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[The Merrin Gallery, New York, before March 15, 2001][1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by March 15, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on March 15, 2001 as purchased from Merrin.
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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Rectangular Plaque
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Rectangular Plaque
c. 600–900 AD
Gold
2002.4290
Nose Ornament with Serpents
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Nose Ornament with Serpents
100 BC–700 AD
Gold
2001.928
Pectoral with Figure
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral with Figure
200–300 AD
Gold
2001.1017
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
100–800 AD
Hammered and cut silver and gold
2001.916
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
1–1600 AD
Gold
2001.1236
Nose ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose ornament
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1196
Figural Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Figural Pendant
500–900 AD
Gold
2001.1020
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
"Jumping Jack" Pendant
200 BC–1000 AD
Gold
2001.1032
Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament
c. 700
Gold
2001.1264
Pectoral with Two Faces
Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral with Two Faces
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.822
Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God
Unknown Central and South American
Mask Depicting the Tiwanaku Sun God
400–1100 AD
Gold
2004.2534
Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
500–1550 AD
Cast gold
2001.1290
Unknown Central and South American