Unknown Central and South American
Pair of Killer Whale Pendants

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureNasca

Titles

Pair of Killer Whale Pendants

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumPearly shell, spondylus, resin

DimensionsEach: 1 1/2 × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1292.1,.2

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1970–until d. 2008 [1] [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 5, precedes slide dated "JUL 70"
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Examined by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, according to letter dated 8/17/1971.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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