Alligator-Headed Figural Pendant with Dangles

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Alligator-Headed Figural Pendant with Dangles
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Alligator-Headed Figural Pendant with Dangles
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceDiquís Region, Costa Rica
MediumGold
Dimensions3 × 2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1053
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, November 18 & 20, 2000, Lot # 242);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 2000;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1053.

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