Deity Pendant

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Public Domain

CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Deity Pendant
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.923
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
207M Libbie Masterson Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.923

Similar to lot #226 in Sotheby's Arts of Africa, Oceania & The Americas, May 17, 2002.

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