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ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Beads in the Shape of Fish, Rattlesnakes, and a Feline

Possible OriginCentral America, North America
Possible OriginMexico, North America
CultureMaya (?)
PeriodLate Classic
MediumBone
Credit LineGift of Cora W. and Laurence C. Witten II
Object number1994.018.042a-f
Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 13 - April 2, 1972
Spider Woman to Horned Serpent: Creation and Creativity in Native North American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 7, 2015 - May 29, 2016
Published ReferencesPre-Columbian Art of Mesoamerica: From the Collection of Jay C. Leff (Allentown: Allentown Art Museum, 1972), number 135.
Sotheby's New York, Important Pre-Columbian Art (May 12-13, 1983), lot 41.
ProvenanceEx coll. Jay C. Leff (ca. 1924-2000), Uniontown, Pennsylvania, from at least 1972. With Sotheby's New York, May 12, 1983, lot 41. Said to be ex coll. Peter Faust. Ex coll. Laurence (1926-1995) and Cora (1931-2023) Witten, United States.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas