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Pendant

700–900 CE
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Coclé artists excelled in creating ornaments from mixed media. Here, a pendant in the shape of an insect-like creature combines a gold head and thorax with a gemstone abdomen.




Los artistas coclé se destacaban por la creación de ornamentos con materiales combinados. Este dije, que representa un ser similar a insecto, combina una cabeza y un tórax de oro con un abdomen de piedra preciosa.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pendant
  • Date: 700–900 CE
  • Geography: Panama
  • Culture: Coclé
  • Medium: Gold, quartz
  • Dimensions: H. 1 7/8 × W. 1 3/16 × D. 7/8 in. (4.8 × 3 × 2.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Metalwork-Ornaments, Gold
  • Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Peabody Museum Expedition, 1933 (33-42-20/1777)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing