Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired from local collectors by agents of the G. Amsinck & Co (a New York import/export firm with operations in Latin America) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from the G. Amsinck Company in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Zenú (Sinú) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Previous owner
- G. Amsinck & Company (G. Amsinck & Co.)
- Seller
- G. Amsinck & Company (G. Amsinck & Co.)
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 1600
- Object Name
- Pendant
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast, hammered
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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