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Bat-shaman effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Veraguas and Chiriquí Provinces, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 6.7 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.906
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionOpen-backed cast gold pendant depicting a bat-shaman male figure. He grasps a serpent-like form that arches over his head. A vertical suspension ring at the back of the neck allows for suspension.
ProvenanceThomas Jefferson Coolidge, III (b. 1893 - d. 1959), Boston; to his daughter, Catherine Coolidge Lastavica (b. 1930 - d. 2011), Manchester, MA; 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1985)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on January 11, 1983.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on January 11, 1983.