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Crab Claw Pendant

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Crab Claw Pendant
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in. (9.5 × 7.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1332
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1991–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 12, precedes object bought at auction, November 1991.
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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