Alligator Pendant

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CultureGreater Chiriqui

Titles

Alligator Pendant

Date700–1550 AD

PlacePuerto González Víquez Region, Costa Rica

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1251

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

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 140]; 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. 141.
Exhibition HistoryGeneva, 1966. (Possibly "Les tresors precolobiens chez Gubelin," May 2–31).

“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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