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

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

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

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

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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