Head Rattle Pendant

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Public Domain

Head Rattle Pendant
CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Head Rattle Pendant
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 7/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 5/8 in. (6.2 × 11.4 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1025
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot # 55 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 17 & 18, 2000 (Sale 7476));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1025

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