Unknown Central and South American
Alligator Pendant

Alligator Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Alligator Pendant
Date300–1550 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (11.4 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4214
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #57 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 15, 1994 (Sale 6625));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002, 2002.4214

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