Unknown Central and South American
Pectoral Disk with Frog and Faces

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Public Domain

Pectoral Disk with Frog and Faces
Artist
CultureGreater Chiriqui
Titles
  • Pectoral Disk with Frog and Faces
Date700–1550 AD
PlaceCosta Rica
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 8 7/16 × 8 3/8 × 1/2 in. (21.5 × 21.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.764
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, November 25, 1996, lot 43]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, 1996–2008; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

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