Unknown Central and South American
Double Crocodile Pendant

CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Double Crocodile Pendant
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumCast gold and green stone
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (3.2 × 8.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1132
Not on view

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Provenance(Sotheby's New York, May 14, 1996, lot 58);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1132

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Bead Assembly
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
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Necklace
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100–800 AD
Shell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
2010.473
Necklace
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100–800 AD
Shell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
2010.472
front of object
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100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, green stone, string
2010.480
front of object
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650–900 AD
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front of object
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shells, green stone, and metal
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1–800
Cast and hammered gold
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100 BC–800 AD
Cast, hammered, and cut gold
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Bird Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
1–1550
Cast gold
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900–1550 AD
Cast gold
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500–1500 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
900–1550 AD
Cast gold
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