Alligator Pendant

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Public Domain

Alligator Pendant
CultureGreater Chiriqui or Coclé
Titles
  • Alligator Pendant
Date200–1500 AD
PlaceCentral America
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 4 1/8 in. (2.9 × 2.9 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1095
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #38 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, June 2, 1999 (Sale 7321));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1095

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