CultureTairona
Titles
- Pendant of a Shaman Transforming into a Bird
Date500–1500 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumCast and hammered gold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 5 × 2 3/8 in. (16.5 × 12.7 × 6.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.1615
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #15.
[2] Glassell Inventory, inventory # precedes object described on January 4, 2001.
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c. 19th century
Hammered gold with granulation and filigree
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500–1550 AD
Gold
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1459.1,.2
Unknown Tibetan
18th Century or earlier
Gold, bronze, and pigment
2004.2404