Pendant
Unidentified maker (Honduras)
Pre-Columbian
White shell
Overall: 3 7/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/16 in. (8.7 × 3 × 0.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W
38.12.5619
Geography
Place Made: Patuca River, La Avispa, Honduras, Central America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Victor Macomber Cutter (1881-1952), early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Florence Edith deJongh Cutter (1885-1957), 1952; given to present collection, 1953.
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