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Source Description
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 in the shape of eagles. This piece could have been created in Columbus's time or during the previous 600 years.The animals represented are often fierce or they cross boundaries of nature (for example, live in land and water) such as snakes. This pendant represents a shark with a snake in its mouth. A ring at the throat is used for suspension.
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Document identity
localId
5647
label
Pendant with Shark and Snake
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object
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Source metadata
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5647
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object
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normalized
title
Pendant with Shark and Snake
description
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 in the shape of eagles. This piece could have been created in Columbus's time or during the previous 600 years.The animals represented are often fierce or they cross boundaries of nature (for example, live in land and water) such as snakes. This pendant represents a shark with a snake in its mouth. A ring at the throat is used for suspension.
provenance
[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]; Tiffany & Co. New York, 1910, by purchase [from ""Indians,"" see December 29, 1910 correspondance from Tiffany & Co. to Henry Walters]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
800-1521 (Pre-Early Conquest)
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CC0
language
en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
pendants (jewelry)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Source extras
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Panamanian
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gold and copper alloy
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15521
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AME
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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23463bed134b9434