Shaman in Transformation Pendant

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CultureQuimbaya

Titles

Shaman in Transformation Pendant
Anthropomorphic Monkey Pendant

Date1–800 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (14 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1010

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceProbably Frederick Lehmann, Ann Arbor, MI, before September 21, 2006 [1]; Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, September 21, 2006–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Bill of sale from Lehmann to Glassell, dated September 21, 2006.
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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