Labret in the Form of a Saurian Head

Arts of the Americas

1000–1500

Artist unknown (Tairona)
Colombia

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Tairona
Title: Labret in the Form of a Saurian Head
Place: Colombia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1000–1500
Medium: Gold and copper alloy
Dimensions: H.: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Davidson
Reference Number: 1971.768
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Allen Wardwell, “Some New Acquisitions of Pre-Hispanic Gold,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 67, 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1973), 20, fig. 4 (ill.).
Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 265, cat. 212 (ill.).

Edward H. Merrin, New York, by June 29, 1971 [Incoming permanent receipt RX8102, June 29, 1971; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1971.

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