Crocodile Pendant

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CultureMaya

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Crocodile Pendant

Date600–900 AD

Possible placeGuatemala

Possible placeMexico

MediumShell

Dimensions1 15/16 × 4 1/2 × 3/8 in. (5 × 11.4 × 1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of Frank and Eleanor Carroll

Object number2014.76

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

On view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceThe Paul Singer Family Collection, New York, 1960s–1994; purchased by [Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 1994–2004]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, January 7, 2004–2014; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition History"Bull Leapers to Picasso," Harry F. Sinclair House/Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, New York, December 6–16, 2000.

“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, December 1, 2003–May 19, 2014, when accessioned as gift.

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