Dumbarton Oaks - Axe God Pendant

Axe God Pendant

Guanacaste-Nicoya, Period IV
300-600 CE
8.57 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm (3 3/8 in. x 1 1/2 in. x 1/2 in.)
greenstone
PC.B.224

Not on view

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Exhibition History

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, November 1952 to April 1962.

"Flights of Fancy: Birds in Pre-Columbian Art" Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, 10/1/2009 - 2/28/2010.

Acquisition History

Formerly in the collection of Carlos Balser, San Jose, Costa Rica

Purchased from Earl Stendahl, Los Angeles (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, 1949

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1949-1962

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

Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023