Lobster Pendant

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CultureZenú (Sinú)

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Lobster Pendant

Date1000–1550 AD

PlaceColombia/Panama

MediumGold

DimensionsOverall: 5 13/16 × 3 1/16 × 1/2 in. (14.8 × 7.7 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.1345

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

212M Jones Galleries

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

METALWORK

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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