Animal Headed Figural Pendant

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Animal Headed Figural Pendant
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Animal Headed Figural Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1229
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1987–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #11, by object bought at auction, November 1987.

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