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Effigy pendant with four frogs

Veraguas, Chiriquí or Diquís (?)
A.D. 700–1550
Object Place: Diquís, Chiriquí or Veraguas Provinces, Costa Rica or Panama

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Overall: 1.2 x 3.4 cm (1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentPendants

DescriptionCast gold pendant of four in-line frogs. A single ring below the necks of the two outside frogs allows for suspension.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; lent to MFA January 11, 1983; to MFA, December 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.