Dumbarton Oaks - Pendant

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Pendant

Zenú, Period V
1000-1600 CE
12.7 cm x 9.84 cm x 1.91 cm (5 in. x 3 7/8 in. x 3/4 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.400

Not on view

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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. 57, cat. 322.

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. 270, cat. 290, pl. CXVII.

Kubler, George 1984 Ancient American Gods and Their Living Impersonators. Apollo CXIX (266):10-20.

Exhibition History

"Ancient Art of the Andes", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1/26 - 3/21/1954; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 4/21 - 6/13/1954; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 7/23 - 9/19/1954.

"Indigenous Art of the Americas", National Galley of Art, Washington DC, June 1953 to July 1962.

"75 Years/75 Objects", Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, 09/08/2015 - 05/22/2016

Acquisition History

Purchased from Earl Stendahl, Los Angeles (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, April 29,1953.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1953-1962.

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

Object Last Modified: 3/14/2023