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Anthropomorphic Pendant


Tairona, Period V
900-1600 CE
6.35 cm x 4.76 cm x 2.22 cm (2 1/2 in. x 1 7/8 in. x 7/8 in.)
tumbaga
PC.B.393

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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. 56, cat. 311.

Graham, Mark Miller 2003 Creation Imagery in the Goldwork of Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. In Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 9 and 10 October 1999, Jeffrey Quilter and John W. Hoopes, eds., pp. 279-299. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, Washington, D.C. p. 284, fig 7.

Henretta, James A., W. Elliot Brownlee, David Brody and Susan Ware 1993 America's History, Volume 1, to 1877. 2nd ed. Worth Publishers, New York.

Quilter, Jeffrey 2011 The Shining Dawn of American Gold: Metallurgy in Ancient America. In To Capture the Sun: Gold of Ancient Panama, Richard G. Cooke, John W. Hoopes, Jeffrey Quilter and Nicholas J. Saunders, eds., pp. 45-77. Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa. p. 59.

Scott, John F. 1999 Latin American Art: Ancient to Modern. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.





Acquisition History
Purchased from John Wise, New York (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, June 8, 1961.

Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC, 1961-1962.

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


Object Last Modified: 12/1/2022