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Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Frog Pendant
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1246
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
207M Libbie Masterson Gallery
Exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 2001, lot 451]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 19, 2001–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Robert Sonin report, dated February 20, 2001.
Published References Nearly identical to p.90, fig. 108 in Andre Emmerich, "Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: Gold and Silver in Pre-Columbian Art," Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1965.

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