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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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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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