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Coatimundi Pendant
Date:
2nd century B.C.–A.D. 3rd century
Geography:
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima
Culture:
Colima
Medium:
Quartz, feldspar
Dimensions:
H. 1 1/4 x W. 5/8 x D. 4 5/8 in. (3.2 x 1.6 x 11.8 cm)
Classification:
Stone-Ornaments
Credit Line:
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift and Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon, 1970
Accession Number:
1978.412.239
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in
Gallery 358
Provenance
[Teochita Inc., New York, until 1970]; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1970–1978
Timeline of Art History (2000-present)
Timelines
Mexico, 1-500A.D.
Mexico, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (11,990)
Artist / Maker / Culture
Colima (64)
Object Type / Material
Feldspar (96)
Pendants (2,281)
Stone (7,658)
Geographic Location
Colima (63)
Mexico (2,384)
North and Central America (88,810)
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