Unknown Central and South American
Pendant

Pendant

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Pendant
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumTumbaga
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1222
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least April 23, 1993–2001 [1]; given to MFAH, 2001.

[1] Glassell Inventory, AG # precedes object described on April 23, 1993.

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