Bar pendant tube depicting an alligator/man
Bar pendant tube depicting an alligator/man

Currently not on view

Bar pendant tube depicting an alligator/man,

600–900

Greater Nicoya
Late Period IV
2002-43

Information

Title
Bar pendant tube depicting an alligator/man
Dates

600–900

Medium
Dark green jade
Dimensions
h. 26.2 cm., w. 3.2 cm., d. 3.6 cm., weight 644 g. (10 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Nathan Rubin - Ida Ladd Family Foundation in honor of Ester R. Portnow
Object Number
2002-43
Place Made

North America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste Province, Nicoya peninsula

Culture
Costa Rican
Period
Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Type
jades, ornament, pendants (jewelry)
Materials
jade
Subject
zoomorphic, men, reptiles

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