Pendant

Costa Rica, Pre-Columbian

  • Titles Pendant (Descriptive)
  • Medium stone
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.244.2010
  • Work Type pendant
  • Classification Jewelry

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Vessel, Sicán culture, Pre-Columbian, gold, copper and silver alloy (tumbaga)
Jug with ornate incised designs, diety vessel with stirrup handle and single spout, mask flanked by pair of animals. Consists of a modelled monkey figure and a spherical spouted form connected by a "bidge-like" handle. The posterior portion is divided into panels featuring birds on a stippled ground.
Seated Hunchback, Colima culture, Pre-Columbian, fired clay and slip
flat