Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
1–800
- Medium
- cast gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Colombia, Quimbaya or Yotoco style
About
The same creature, nasty but precious, appears in both pendants (1939.515). Human in its posture and arms, its head is that of an animal with a long, toothy snout. It holds batons to its mouth, and whiskers or ears flare from the sides of the head. The little headdress domes are mystifying; they have been described as mushrooms, gourds, and ceramic vessels, among other things.