Double-headed Turtle Pendant

side view of object

Public Domain

Double-headed Turtle Pendant
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Double-headed Turtle Pendant
Date900–1550 AD
PlacePanama, Central America
MediumGold
Dimensions3 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 7/8 in. (8.3 × 6 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1126
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sold at Sotheby's NY, 11.20.1989, lot 88);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1126

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