Crescent-shaped Pendant with Monkey Head

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CultureQuimbaya

Titles

Crescent-shaped Pendant with Monkey Head
"Tweezers" Surmounted by a Figure of a Monkey Face

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (14.3 × 11.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1132

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceFrederick Lehmann, Ann Arbor, Michigan, before October 17, 2005 [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by October 17, 2005–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Invoice from Lehmann

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