Unknown Central and South American
Animal Pendant

CultureGreater Chiriqui (possibly)
Titles
  • Animal Pendant
Date200–1550 AD
PlaceMesoamerica
MediumGold
Dimensions3/4 × 1 1/32 in.

Credit LineBequest of Katharine Prentis Murphy in Memory of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number68.7
Not on view

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ProvenanceKatharine Prentis Murphy (1882–1969), New York, until 1968; given to MFAH, 1968.

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