Pendant

39-22-1

From: Colombia | Santa Marta

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 39-22-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tairona
Provenience Colombia | Santa Marta
Culture Area Circum-Caribbean
Section American
Materials Marble (uncertain) (Stone)
Description

Stone pendant ornament. Object of reddish mottled marble (?) with tapering shaft or handle, quasi-spherical enlargement with hemispherical large depression, and short extension beyond. Two drilled suspension holes into bowl. Possibly used as holder for wooden drill.

Length 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of R. C. Backus, 1939

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