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Avian effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Veraguas or Chiriquí Province, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 7.6 x 8.7 x 2.4 cm (3 x 3 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.904
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold pendant rendering a raptorial bird, perhaps an eagle, with out-stretched talons. The bird wears a flanged headdress that terminates in saurian (crocodile?) heads. Three rectangular plaques are hung from its beak and talons, all of which are curled to form attachment rings.
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.