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Four avians effigy pendant
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Chiriquí or Veraguas, Panama
Medium/Technique
Gold alloy
Dimensions
1.7 x 4.7 x 1 cm (11/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.907
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pendants
DescriptionCast gold pendant adorned with four conjoined birds with outspread wings. Two suspensions rings are attached to the back of the pendant at each end of the row of birds.
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.