Shaman Pendant with Elaborate Headdress

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Shaman Pendant with Elaborate Headdress
Figural Pendant

Date100 BC–800 AD

PlaceColombia, South America

MediumCast, hammered, and cut gold

Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in. (8.9 × 7.0 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2001.1029

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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, 2001, 2001.1029

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