Unknown Central and South American
Shaman Pendant

front of object

Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Shaman Pendant
Date1–800
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/4 × 2 5/8 × 1 in. (9.5 × 6.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini
Object number99.668
Not on view

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

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