CultureMaya
Titles
- Rabbit Pendant
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeGuatemala
Possible placeMexico
MediumShell
Dimensions2 3/16 × 3 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of Clytie Allen
Object number2012.249
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
[1] Veracruzana inventory list dated, February 1970.
Exhibition History"The Private Eye: Selected from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston" June 11-August 13, 1989, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
"God, Man, and Animal: Pre-Columbian Art from Private Collections in Houston and Austin,' Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 3-June 3, 1990.
"Pre-Columbian Flora and Fauna: Continuity of Plant and Animal Themes in Mesoamerican Art," Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA, September 16, 1990-February 17, 1991.
"Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America," Houston Museum of Natural Science, April 15-September 15, 1996.
“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, on loan, February 14, 2000–May 24, 2012, when accessioned as gift.
"The Lives of Gods: Divinity in Maya Art," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 21, 2022 - April 2, 2023, & at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, May 7, 2023 - September 3, 2023.
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650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
