Unknown Central and South American
Shaman Pendant

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Public Domain

Artist
CultureQuimbaya
Titles
  • Shaman Pendant
  • Figure of a Transforming Shaman
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (24.1 × 11.4 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1006
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceFrederick Lehmann;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.1006

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