Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature

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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.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Maurice D. Galleher Endowment

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