Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout

Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout

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Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pendant in the Form of a Stylized Reptile with a Frog's Body and Alligator's Snout
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumTumbaga
DimensionsOverall: 5/16 × 1 1/16 × 3/4 in. (0.8 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1258
Not on view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, by 1991 [1]; [Sotheby's NY, November 18, 1991, lot 29]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1991–2008 [2] [3]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Sotheby's catalog.
[2] Glassell Album #12.
[3] Glassell Inventory, described on November 19, 1991.

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Pendant
200–1600 AD
Tumbaga
2001.1257
Pendant
1000–1550 AD
Tumbaga
2001.1222
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2503
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2501
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2502
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2499
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2500
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2505
Pin (Tupu)
1100–1450
Tumbaga
2004.2504