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Human male effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Veraguas and Chiriquí Provinces, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
5.4 x 1.9 cm (2 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Accession Number1980.644
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold standing male effigy pendant, figure holding a twisted rope or serpent across his hips and between his two arms. His headdress comprises five coils of thin wire (cast). A vertical ring at back of his neck allows for suspension. The back of the piece is slightly concave.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1959; to MFA, December 1980, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.