© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Frog Pendant

Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America

Possible OriginPanama, Central America, North America

CultureGreater Chiriquí/Veraguas

PeriodPeriod V - Period VI

Date700-1520 CE

MediumGold-copper alloy

Credit LineEx coll. William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions2 x 2 7/16 x 1/4 in. (5.1 x 6.2 x 0.6 cm)

Object number1991.004.244

Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 160-61, figure 388.
Rebecca Stone, The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011), 144, figure 6.17.
Laura M. Wingfield, "Greenstone Axe to Gold Eagle Pendant: The Sex Change of Costa Rica's Symbol of National Pride," in Dressing the Part: Power, Dress, Gender, and Representation in the Pre-Columbian Americas, ed. Sarahh E.M. Scher and Billie J.A. Follensbee (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017), 326, figure 9.1.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased 1968.

Status

On view

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