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Zoomorphic effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Coclé
A.D. 700–1550
Place of Origin: Veraguas or Coclé, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold alloy
Dimensions
1.1 x 1.8 x 3 cm (7/16 x 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.918
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold frog-headed, curly-tailed zoomorphic effigy pendant; suspension ring on underside of frog's neck. See 22.320 for a similar frog effigy pendant.
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.