Figure pendant
Figure pendant

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Figure pendant,

1–700 CE

Tolima
y1929-94

Information

Title
Figure pendant
Dates

1–700 CE

Medium
Gold
Dimensions
14.8 × 8.2 × 0.8 cm (5 13/16 × 3 1/4 × 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elroy Curtis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1929-94
Place Made

South America, Colombia, Mid-Magdalena Valley

Culture
Tolima
Type
ornament, pendants (jewelry)
Materials
gold
Subject
faces, figures (representations)

1929, gift of Elroy Curtis (1879-1943), Class of 1900, New York, to the Princeton University Art Museum.

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