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Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

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Frog Pendant
Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Frog Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (4.4 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1232
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
207M Libbie Masterson Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 23, 1992, lot 65]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, November 23, 1992–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.
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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