Bird-form Pendant

Bird-form Pendant

AD 1-500
Culture
Greater Nicoya
Locale
Guanacaste
Country
Costa Rica
Object
pendant
Medium
Fashioned form jadeitic albitite, this pendant was formed using a combination of drilling, carving, incising, and polishing techniques.
Accession Number
1994.706
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Bird-form Pendant. AD 1-500. Fashioned form jadeitic albitite, this pendant was formed using a combination of drilling, carving, incising, and polishing techniques.. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1994.706.
Dimensions
height: 1 in, 2.5400 cm; width: 3/8 in, 0.9525 cm; depth: 1/2 in, 1.2700 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas
Known Provenance
(Stendahl Galleries), Hollywood, CA, before 1971; Purchased by Frederick R. [1928-2007] and Jan Mayer, Denver, CO, 1971 [1]; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1994 [1] On loan to the Denver Art Museum, 1992

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