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Shaman effigy pendant
Zenú-Darién culture
San Jacinto style group
A.D. 700–1550
Object Place: Chocó region, Panama or Colombia, Darién Peninsula
Medium/Technique
Gold alloy
Dimensions
6.4 x 6.3 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Augustus Vialle Fund
Accession Number24.337
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionAnthropomorphic pendant rendering a standing human figure with long, flat legs and holding two staffs or rattles to his face. Speech or sound scrolls issue outwards from the top of these rattles. His headdress includes two half-spheres that likely represent hallucinogenic mushrooms.
ProvenanceWith Walter Channing Wyman, Chicago(?), by 1924; to MFA, June 1924, purchased together with 24.336 for a total price of $800.00.