Shark Pendant

Shark Pendant

Public Domain

Shark Pendant
CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Shark Pendant
Date300–1550 AD
PlacePanama
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1247
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, until d. 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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