Shaman in Transformation Pendant

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Shaman in Transformation Pendant
CultureTolima
Titles
  • Shaman in Transformation Pendant
  • Cut Out Anthropomorphic Pendant
Date1–700 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1038
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 April 5, 1995–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Inventory, inventory number precedes object described on April 5, 1995.

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