Figure Pendant

Valdivia

1st millennium BCE

Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Provenance

Title: Figure Pendant
Date: 1st millennium BCE
Geography: Ecuador
Culture: Valdivia
Medium: Bone
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Bone/Ivory-Ornaments
Credit Line: Gift of Joyce R. Strauss, 1994
Object Number: 1994.389.6
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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