Frog Pendant

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CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Frog Pendant

Date700–1550 AD

PlaceCosta Rica

PlacePanama

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1232

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 23, 1992, lot 65]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 23, 1992–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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