Ornament in the shape of a double-headed jaguar

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CultureTairona

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Ornament in the shape of a double-headed jaguar

Date500–1550 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

Dimensions2 5/8 × 1 13/16 × 1 1/8 in. (6.7 × 4.6 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Iacopo Gambini

Object number99.671

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceIacopo Giovanni Gambini (1932–2004) and Ursula Gambini, Houston, until 1999; given to MFAH, 1999.

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