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Double frog effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Chiriquí or Veraguas Provinces, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
2.8 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm (1 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.908
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold frog effigy pendant, composed of two large frogs with two small frogs perched on the backs of the large frogs. Three suspensions rings on the back of the pendant allow for suspension.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; lent to MFA January 25, 1983; to MFA, December 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.