Bat Pendant

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CultureMoche

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Bat Pendant

Date100–800 AD

PlacePeru, South America

MediumGold

Dimensions2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 3/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2002.4273

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4273
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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