Figural Pendant

Figural Pendant

Public Domain

CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Figural Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceDiquís Region, Costa Rica
MediumGold
Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 1/6 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 3.0 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1238
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, Oct. 27 and 28, 1989, lot 166);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, 1989;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1238.

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