Dumbarton Oaks - Armadillo Pendant

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Armadillo Pendant

Veraguas, Period V
700-1550 CE
1.27 cm x 0.64 cm x 0.32 cm (1/2 in. x 1/4 in. x 1/8 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.357

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Bibliography

Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 50, cat. 285.

Bliss, Robert Woods 1957 Pre-Columbian Art: The Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and Critical Analyses by S. K. Lothrop, Joy Mahler and William F. Foshag. Phaidon, New York. p. 267, cat. 259, pl. CXI.

Exhibition History

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, January 1956 to July 1962 .

Acquisition History

Acquired by Robert Woods Bliss, before 1956.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1956-1962.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023