Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks
INV-9952Coclé
Coclé province, Panama
800–1200
cocléPre-Columbianamericaslower central americapendant (jewelry)metal
Date
800–1200
Medium
Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks
Dimensions
6 × 7 × 2.4 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board
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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