Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly purchased at a local market in Colombia between 1965 and 1968 by Earl Kessler (a Peace Corps volunteer); purchased by MAI from Earl Kessler in 1972 using funds donated by Dick Cavett.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Seller
- Earl Kessler, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Earl Kessler, Non-Indian
- Presenter/funding source
- Dick Cavett (Richard Alva Cavett), Non-Indian, b. 1936
- Date created
- AD 1100–1600 (Tairona period)
- Object Name
- Pendant in the form of a puma
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
