Unknown Central and South American
Double Supernatural Alligator Pendant

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Double Supernatural Alligator Pendant

Date700–1550 AD

PlaceCosta Rica

PlacePanama

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 in. (18 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1239

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1988–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #11, precedes object bought at auction, November 1988.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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