Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks

Art Institute of Chicago

Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks

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Date
800–1200
Medium
Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks
Culture
Panama
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
99520

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Emblems of caiman and caiman-like creatures were often symbolic of the land floating in the primordial sea, thus evoking the original world creation and the ongoing ties between the mythic past and the heroic present.

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Purchased with funds provided by the Auxiliary Board

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AAT300411548

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