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CultureVeraguas
Titles
  • Bat Pendant
Date200–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (6.7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1367
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
207M Libbie Masterson Gallery
Exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Wise (1902–1981), Dallas]; Private collection, Florida; [Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1988, lot 64]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1988–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
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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front of object
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front of object
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front of object
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front of object
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800–1500 AD
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Gold
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front of object
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600–1600
Gold
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1873
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