Crocodile Pendant

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Crocodile Pendant
Date200–1550 AD
PlaceProbably Panama or Colombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1260
Not on view

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Provenance[André Emmerich (1924–2007) Gallery, New York, by at least 1966] [1]; the Count and Countess Guy du Boisrouvray, France and later New York and Argentina; by inheritence to their daugther, Countess Albina du Boisrouvray, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, until 1989; [Sotheby's, New York, October 27–28, 1989, lot 141]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, October 27–28, 1989–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Exhibited: Geneva, Les Tresors Precolombiens Chez Gubelin, Gubelin, May 231, 1966, no. 148.
Exhibition HistoryGeneva, 1966.

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