About this artwork
Emblems of caiman and caiman-like creatures were often symbolic of the land floating in the primordial sea, thus evoking the original world creation and the ongoing ties between the mythic past and the heroic present.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 136
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Culture
- Coclé
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Title
- Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks
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Place
- Panama (Object made in)
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Date
- 750 CE–1250
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Medium
- Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks
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Dimensions
- 6 × 7 × 2.4 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board
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Reference Number
- 1982.1484
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/99520/manifest.json
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