Crocodile-shaman effigy pendant
A.D. 700–1550
Object PlaceDiquís or Chiriquí Province, Costa Rica or Panama
Medium/TechniqueGold alloy
Dimensions8.89 x 7.62 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.)
Credit LineGift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession number1985.905
On View
On viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; lent to MFA January 11, 1983; to MFA, December 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.
before 1884
A.D. 700–1550
A.D. 900–1550
A.D. 900–1550
A.D. 700–1550
A.D. 700–1550
A.D. 700–1550
A.D. 700–1550
A.D. 450–1520
A.D. 450–1520
A.D. 100–900
A.D. 900–1550