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Jewelry
Pendant in the Form of a Lizard or Jaguar
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui artist, (active )
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui artist
Panama
1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
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Gold
Gold
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui; made in Panama
1000 - 1530 CE
1000
1530
lizards, metalwork, Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Jewelry
Objects made from gold played a special role in Ancient American cultures and were worn by chiefs and other members of the elite as a mark of rank and status. The gold pendants produced in this region depict a vast array of human and animal forms, as well as human-animal combinations. Chosen for its particular characteristics, the animal represented here should not be considered merely ornamental jewelry, but may instead reference a specific species of poisonous lizard.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1954.36
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
54.36SL1
slide
w/ 54.38, 54.37, 54.66
2 x 2
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glossy
5x7
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negative
5x7
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54.36DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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54.36SL2
slide
full
2 x 2
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54.36DI2
digital image
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54.36DI3
digital image
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Jewelry
Vulture Pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui artist, (active )
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui artist
Panama
Primary
3 1/16 x 3 1/4 x 13/16 in. (7.8 x 8.3 x 2 cm)
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overall
overall
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with mount
overall
Gold-copper alloy
Gold-copper alloy
Veraguas-Gran Chiriqui; made in Panama
1000 - 1530 CE
1000
1530
Pre-Columbian art of Central & South America
Jewelry
This vulture pendant displays the bird in standard attack mode: outstretched wings, fanned tail and sharp and deadly talons at the ready. Located under the large horned tufts atop the head are ear ornaments, jewelry usually reserved for nobility and shamans. Combining human with animal characteristics indicates this piece may represent a shaman in his vulture form. The shaman-vulture incarnation is made even more powerful by the diminutive jaguar shown clenched in the beak. The wearer would assert his dominance by wearing this pendant on his chest.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
1954.38
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
54.38SL1
slide
w/ 54.36, 54.37, 54.66
2 x 2
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54.38DI1
digital image
2 x 2
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54.38DI#2
digital image
7/28/2009
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