Pair of Alligator Effigy Pendants

Pair of Alligator Effigy Pendants

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pair of Alligator Effigy Pendants
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions.1: 1/2 × 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 × 3.8 cm)
 .2: 1/2 × 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.664.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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