Pair of Crab Bell Pendants

Pair of Crab Bell Pendants

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Pair of Crab Bell Pendants
CultureGreater Chiriqui or Coclé
Titles
  • Pair of Crab Bell Pendants
  • Crab Rattle Pendant
Date900–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumCast gold
DimensionsEach: 1 1/8 × 2 × 3/4 in. (2.9 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1100.1,.2
Not on view

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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, 2001, 2001.1100.1

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