Lizard Pendant

Public Domain

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CultureQuimbaya

Titles

Lizard Pendant

Date500–1000 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions5/8 × 4 7/16 × 15/16 in. (1.6 × 11.3 × 2.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1224

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceLaurence C. Witten II (1926–1995), New Haven, CT, Southport, CT, and Florida, probably by 1989–1995 [1]; by descent to Cora Williams Witten, 1995–1996 [1]; [Sotheby's New York, May 14, 1996, lot 47]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1996–2001 [2]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #13.

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