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Bat-shaman effigy pendant

A.D. 900–1550
Object PlaceVeraguas and Chiriquí Provinces, Panama
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsOverall: 6.7 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession number1985.906
On View
On view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceThomas Jefferson Coolidge, III (b. 1893 - d. 1959), Boston; to his daughter, Catherine Coolidge Lastavica (b. 1930 - d. 2011), Manchester, MA; 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1985)

NOTE: First lent to the MFA on January 11, 1983.