Horned Jaguar Pendant

700-1520 (Period V-VI)

4.9 cm 2.5 cm

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This pendant represents a jaguar, a powerful animal with which a warrior would have wanted to be associated. The head of the animal is turned aside as if to observe a potential viewer or enemy. On each foot is a ring for suspension.Raw and refined gold was as valuable as it wa...

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[Found at a graveyard between Divalá (a village on the outskirts of settled Panama, thirty miles west of David in the province of Chiriqui) and Costa Rica, Spring 1909]; purchased [1] by Tiffany & Co. New York, 1910; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] from ""Indians,"" see December 29, 1910 correspondance from Tiffany & Co. to Henry Walters
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