Unknown Central and South American
Figural Pendant

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureQuimbaya

Titles

Figural Pendant

Date1–800 AD

PlaceColombia

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1017

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

Provenance[Luz Miriam Toro, New York]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 2005–2008; 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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