Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature

200 B.C./A.D. 200

Colima or Jalisco
Colima or Jalisco, Mexico

Status: On View, Gallery 136
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Colima
Title: Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature
Origin: Western Mexico
Date: 200 BCE–200 CE
Medium: Spondylus shell
Dimensions: Main pendant: 6.4 × 17.8 cm (2 1/2 × 7 in.); side pendants: 6.4 × 3.2 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.); center pendant: 5.1 × 3.2 cm (2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Maurice D. Galleher Endowment
Reference Number: 2001.152.9
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