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Deer effigy pendant

Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Veraguas and Chiriquí Provinces, Panama

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Overall: 2.8 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.903
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentPendants

DescriptionOpen back cast gold pendant in the form of a deer with double tail. The front hooves terminate in rings for suspension.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; lent to MFA January 11, 1983; to MFA, December 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.