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Unearthing Gold Masterpieces from Venado Beach, Panama

August 28, 2015

By James Doyle

Assistant Curator James Doyle traces the origins of a selection of Precolumbian frog pendants from the Met's collection.
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Exchange of Art and Ideas: The Benin, Owo, and Ijebu Kingdoms

October 1, 2003

By Alexander Ives Bortolot

Royal pendants and masquettes, openwork bracelets, and altar sculpture are some of the art forms that found broad dissemination and usage within this region.
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The Upside-down Catfish

December 7, 2015

By Isabel Stünkel

Associate Curator Isabel Stünkel examines a Middle Kingdom fish pendant, on loan from National Museums Scotland, that ancient Egyptians believed to possess magical properties.
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Hellenistic Jewelry

April 1, 2007

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

A wide variety of jewelry types were produced in the Hellenistic period-earrings, necklaces, pendants, pins, bracelets, armbands, thigh bands, finger rings, wreaths, diadems, and other elaborate hair ornaments.
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Mystery Cults in the Greek and Roman World

October 1, 2013

By Kiki Karoglou

A pendant to the official cults of the Greeks and Romans, mystery cults served more personal, individualistic attitudes toward death and the afterlife.
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Rye Gone Awry

October 2, 2014

By Tim Husband

Curator Tim Husband traces a historical connection between the role of rye in spreading a disease known as Saint Anthony's fire and a cross pendant from The Cloisters Collection.
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Chiriquí artist(s)

Date: 700–1550 CE
Accession Number: 1991.419.1

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Date: 13th–10th century BCE
Accession Number: 1985.214.95

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Date: 11th–16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.1161

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Date: 11th–16th century
Accession Number: 91.1.1160

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Date: 13th–16th century
Accession Number: 91.37.39

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Date: 11th–16th century
Accession Number: 04.34.6

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Date: 10th–16th century
Accession Number: 1977.187.29

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Date: 11th–16th century
Accession Number: 69.7.4

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Date: 10th–16th century
Accession Number: 1974.271.20

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Date: 5th–8th century
Accession Number: 1979.206.1351