Sextuple Alligator Pendant

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Sextuple Alligator Pendant
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Sextuple Alligator Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 3/4 in. (1.9 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1263
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 1990–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory; precedes two objects (AG #s 2049 and 2051), described on August 16, 1990.

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