Ornament Plaque with Dragon Deity

Ornament Plaque with Dragon Deity

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Ornament Plaque with Dragon Deity
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Ornament Plaque with Dragon Deity
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (17.3 × 18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.827
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.827

similar example sold at Sotheby's NY 11.25.1996
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker with handwritten "49735" in ink on verso

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