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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Frog Pendant
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Frog Pendant

Possible OriginPanama, Central America, North America
Possible OriginCosta Rica, Central America, North America
CultureChiriqui or Veraguas
PeriodPeriod V - Period VI
Dateca. 700-1530 CE
MediumGold-copper alloy
Credit LineGift of Dr. John R. McLaren
Dimensions1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (4.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm)
Object number1999.005.001
Exhibition HistorySeeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibadeau 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 - March 18, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - 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 387.
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. Dr. John R. McLaren (1922-2005), Decatur, Georgia, purchased from Paul Clifford (1915-2003), North Carolina, 1982-1983.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Art of the Americas