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Turtle effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí (?)
A.D. 700–1550
Object Place: Chiriquí or Diquís Province, Panama or Costa Rica
Medium/Technique
Gold alloy
Dimensions
3.3 x 2.7 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.920
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold turtle effigy with serpent-headed forelimbs and holding a twisted, double-headed serpent in its mouth. A suspension ring is attached to the top of its snout.
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.