Articulated Alligator Ornament

Articulated Alligator Ornament

Public Domain

CultureChavín (possibly)
Titles
  • Articulated Alligator Ornament
Date900–200 BC
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions2 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 13.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1124
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1124

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