Figure of zoomorphic creature with curled tail

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Figure of zoomorphic creature with curled tail

Date300–1550 AD

PlacePanama

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1241

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 12–13, 1983, lot 349]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 12–13, 1983–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #10, slide dated "MAY 83."

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