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Fish Pendant

Fish Pendant

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Fish Pendant
Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Fish Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1236
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
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1993–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, May 17, 1993.
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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