Unknown Central and South American
Figural Pendant

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Figural Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlacePanama
PlaceCosta Rica
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.911
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Sotheby's New York, May 19, 2001, Lot #448);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since 2001.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.911

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