Unknown Central and South American
Crocodile Pendant

front of object

Public Domain

Artist
CultureTairona
Titles
  • Crocodile Pendant
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.8 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1347
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 1990–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell inventory; near object described on October 17, 1990.
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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