Octuple Crocodile Pendant

Octuple Crocodile Pendant

Public Domain

CultureZenú (Sinú)
Titles
  • Octuple Crocodile Pendant
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1266
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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front of object
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700–1550 AD
Gold
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front of object
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500–1550 AD
Gold
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right side of object
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200–1550 AD
Gold
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1325
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1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1324
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300–1550 AD
Cast gold and green stone
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side view of object
Crocodile Pendant
900–1550 AD
Gold
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front of object (mounted to Plexiglas mount)
Necklace Assembly with Beads in the Form of Stylized Crocodiles
1–800 AD
Gold
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Pair of Ear Ornaments with Embossed Center and Lizards or Crocodiles on Tips
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.343.1,.2
front of object
Pair of Ornaments with Stylized Crocodiles
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.905.1,.2
Disk Pectoral with Crocodile
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300–1550 AD
Hammered and chased gold
2001.1194
Eight Crocodile Figural Ornaments
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600–1600 AD
Gold foil
2002.4322.39-.46