Frog pendant
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Chiriquí (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- George C. Dissette, Non-Indian, 1873-1938
- Seller
- George C. Dissette, Non-Indian, 1873-1938
- Previous owner
- Don Juan Lau Don, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- 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 from George Dissette in 1906.
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- Date created
- AD 900-1600
- Catalog Number
- 8220
- Barcode
- 008220.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Frog pendant
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast
- Place
- Bocas del Toro; Bocas del Toro District; Bocas del Toro Province; Panama
- Archipelago
- Archipiélago Bocas del Toro
- Island Name
- Isla Colón
- See related items
- Chiriquí (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_8643
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64bfb63c1-d79f-4bf8-9e17-ef6296eb8cff
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