CultureGreater Chiriqui or Coclé
Titles
- Alligator Pendant
Date700–1500 AD
PlaceCentral America
MediumCast gold
Dimensions3 1/2 × 1 × 1 in. (8.9 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1038
Not on view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Inventory, described on March 11, 1987.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
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300–1550 AD
Cast gold and green stone
2001.1132
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Cast, hammered, and cut gold
2001.1029
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500–1500 AD
Cast and hammered gold
2004.1615