Standing Male Shaman Pendant

Standing Male Shaman Pendant

Public Domain

CultureCalima
Titles
  • Standing Male Shaman Pendant
  • Standing Male Figure
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
Dimensions2 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.4 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.838
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Francisco O'Campo, New York, before February 22, 2001] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 22, 2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, end of Glassell Album #16, described February 22, 2001.

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