Object Details
- Culture/People
- possibly Cauca (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- William Oehms, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Oehms, Non-Indian
- Seller
- William Oehms, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collected in 1926 by William Oehms (possibly Wilhelm Konrad Oehms [b. ca. 1892 in Germany], who worked as a miner in Colombia until the 1940s); purchased by MAI from William Oehms in 1927.
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- Date created
- AD 1000-1600
- Catalog Number
- 15/3168
- Barcode
- 153168.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast, hammered, perforated
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 9 x 1.2 cm
- Place
- North of Popayán; Morales; Morales Municipality; Cauca Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Cauca (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_164361
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66707b800-f81a-4bd9-b7d9-ab2b7c318e17
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