Double Eagle Pendant

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.1979.206.538

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MMA_.1979.206.538

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

aly

2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Costume and Jewelry

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Costume and Jewelry

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; Central American; Panamanian

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North American; Central American; Panamanian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Panamian

crt

Panamian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Double Eagle Pendant

otn

Double Eagle Pendant

Title

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

1st-5th century

oct

1st-5th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1

ocs

1

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

499

oce

499

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Cast gold

omd

Cast gold

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Metalwork, Ornament

clt

Metalwork, Ornament

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)

met

H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

oop

New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1979.206.538

ooa

1979.206.538

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

ooc

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

orl

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The bird-form pendants of Central America are perhaps the best known type of Precolumbian gold object. Made to be worn suspended around the neck, they were fabricated in many sizes, from those that are less than an inch in height to others of more than five inches. While the pendants differ in specific details, the basic configuration is usually the same. They have extended wings over open, splayed tails and heads and beaks that project strongly forward. Single birds are the most common, although double images, like this one, also occur. These pendants are stylized representations of birds of prey often holding small objects in their prominent beaks. The pendants may have functioned as protective emblems.

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<P>The bird-form pendants of Central America are perhaps the best known type of Precolumbian gold object. Made to be worn suspended around the neck, they were fabricated in many sizes, from those that are less than an inch in height to others of more than five inches. While the pendants differ in specific details, the basic configuration is usually the same. They have extended wings over open, splayed tails and heads and beaks that project strongly forward. Single birds are the most common, although double images, like this one, also occur. These pendants are stylized representations of birds of prey often holding small objects in their prominent beaks. The pendants may have functioned as protective emblems.</P>

Context

false

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Double Eagle Pendant