ISBN9780300260809_f0179-01

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TitleFeline Pendant

Creator nameUnknown

Creator name (description)Central and South American

Creator nationality/cultureVeraguas

Creator roleJeweler

Creation date900–1550

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsGold

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/95860/feline-pendant

Accession number2010.1368

SubjectsGoldwork--PanamaIndians of Central America--ReligionAnimals--Symbolic aspects

StatusPanama

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The Glassell Collection of Pre-Columbian Gold

Frances Marzio

Description: The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of...

The Glassell Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Masterworks of Pre-Columbian, Indonesian, and African Gold

Pre-Columbian is a term used to classify artworks created before the discovery of America in 1492. It is derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who described the new land as one of “incalculable gold.”Christopher Columbus, “Letter from Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santangel,” in...

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Frances Marzio

PublisherThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Related print edition pages: pp.11-189

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00243.002

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21108&redirecttoanchor=63433

Chapter subject tags:Indians of South America--Rites and ceremoniesIndian goldworkGoldwork--PanamaIndians of Central America--ReligionPre-Columbian art

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