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Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout

Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout

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Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout
Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumTumbaga
DimensionsOverall: 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 3/4 in. (0.8 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1258
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, by 1991 [1]; [Sotheby's NY, November 18, 1991, lot 29]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1991–2008 [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #12.
[3] Glassell Inventory, described on November 19, 1991.

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Nose Ornament
Unknown Central and South American
Nose Ornament
600–1600 AD
Gold-copper alloy (tumbaga)
2010.551
Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Pendant
200–1600 AD
Tumbaga
2001.1257
Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Pendant
1000–1550 AD
Tumbaga
2001.1222
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Pendant with Duplicate Stylized Frogs with Dangles
700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1261
Ornament in the Form of a Feline Headed Deity
Unknown Central and South American
Ornament in the Form of a Feline Headed Deity
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1224
front of objects
Unknown Central and South American
Necklace Assembly with Pendants in the Form of a Stylized Frog and Two Musicians, with disk-shaped beads
900–1550 AD
Stone and gold
2010.488
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Stylized Bird Pendant
700–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1234
front of object
Unknown Central and South American
Stylized Bird Pendant
900–1550 AD
Gold
2010.1319
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
Curassow Pendant with Dangles
Unknown Central and South American
Curassow Pendant with Dangles
1–800
Cast and hammered gold
2004.2443
Bird Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Bird Pendant
900–1550 AD
Gold
2002.4237
Unknown Central and South American