Catfish Pendant

Catfish Pendant

Public Domain

CultureGreater Chiriqui or Coclé
Titles
  • Catfish Pendant
  • Fish Pendant
Date900–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumCast gold
DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 3 in. (2.2 × 3.2 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1097
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Nov. 18, 1991, lot #54);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1097

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