Shell Pendant

Shell Pendant

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Shell Pendant
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumShell and gold
Dimensions1 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (4.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.988
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, 2001.988

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Shell Pendant
1000 BC–1400 AD
Gold and shell
2004.2465
Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells
Set of Five Middle / Late Horizon Carved Oyster Shells
1100–1450 AD
Oyster shell
2001.1155.1-.5
Shell collar and medallion
Shell collar and medallion
1300–1450
Spondylus shell
2001.1357.1,.2
Pendant in the Form of a Feline
Pendant in the Form of a Feline
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with gold
2010.1225
front of object
Figural Warrior Pendant
100 BC–700 AD
Turquoise, shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.980
Three Spondylus Shell Pendant Ornaments
Three Spondylus Shell Pendant Ornaments
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.691-2010.693
front of object, in case as received by MFAH
Collar or Pectoral Ornament with Bird-Headed Pendants
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
Shell Pendant
Shell Pendant
1000–1550 AD
Gold
2001.1254
Pendant
Pendant
1000 BC–1600 AD
Shell
2010.744
Feline Effigy Pendant
Feline Effigy Pendant
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell
2010.1215
front of object
Bird Pendant (one of a pair)
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.2
front of object
Pendant in the Form of a Water Bird
900–200 BC
Shell
2010.1226