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Shaman Pendant

Shaman Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureDarién-Zenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Shaman Pendant
  • Pendant in the Form of a Zoomorphic Deity with Birds
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 5 7/16 in. (14.3 × 13.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1028
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
209M Jones Galleries
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, 2010.1028

A much smaller Darien pendant was at Sothebys NY 6.2.1999, lot 35.
Another example was sold at Sotheby's NY 12.5.1981, Lot 88.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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front of object
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front of object
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Gold
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Kris
17th–early 18th Century
Gold, wood, rubies
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front of object
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1–700 AD
Gold
2010.1042
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Unknown Central and South American
Bat Headed Figural Pendant
700–1550 AD
Gold
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