Unknown Central and South American
Pendant with an Anthropomorphic Rattlesnake

Pendant with an Anthropomorphic Rattlesnake

Public Domain

Pendant with an Anthropomorphic Rattlesnake
Artist
CultureMississippian (possibly)
Titles
  • Pendant with an Anthropomorphic Rattlesnake
Date1300–1450 AD
Found inOklahoma (possibly), United States
MediumConch shell
Dimensions5 × 3 3/4 inches

Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number66.20
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, before 1966]; purchased by MFAH, 1966.

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