CultureMaya
Titles
- Crocodile Pendant
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeMexico
Possible placeGuatemala
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 AmericasObject Type
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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Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
Unknown Central and South American
300–1550 AD
Cast gold and green stone
2001.1132
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with gold
2010.1225
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Turquoise, shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.980
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.2
