Feline Effigy Pendant

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Feline Effigy Pendant

Date900–200 BC

PlacePeru

MediumSpondylus shell

DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (2.2 × 4 × 0.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1215

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

Provenance[Chrisitie's, Paris, June 14, 2004, lot 306]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 2004–until d. 2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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