Pendant in the shape of a frog devouring a snake

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Pendant in the shape of a frog devouring a snake
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pendant in the shape of a frog devouring a snake
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2 5/8 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.666
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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