Animal Pendant

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CultureChavín

Titles

Animal Pendant
Zoomorph

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumShell

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 × 5/8 in. (3.1 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1217

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least 1972–until d. 2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album # 8, slide dated "FEB 72."

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