Culture/People:
probably Chiriquà (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Object name:
Frog pendant
Date created:
AD 900-1600
Place:
Bocas del Toro; Bocas del Toro District; Bocas del Toro Province; Panama
Media/Materials:
Gold
Techniques:
Cast
Collection History/Provenance:
Said to have been collected by Native people from local tombs and sold to a trader named Don Juan Lau Don; acquired by George C. Dissette (1873-1938, an attorney in Glenville, Ohio) by 1904; purchased by George Heye in 1906.
Catalog number:
8220
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See it in the 1491 section in the "Our Peoples" gallery on the 4th floor
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