Crocodile Pendant

800-1521 (Pre-Early Conquest) 2 3/8 in. (6.03 cm) Citation Source image

Pendants were worn by men around the neck on ceremonial occasions. Columbus noted that the inhabitants of Panama who came to greet him wore gold pendants. This piece could have been created in Columbus's time or during the previous 600 years.The animals represented are often...

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36123
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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