A Veraguas Gold Figural Pendant Biting a a Double-Headed Snake
Sale 1246 - Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art
Oct 12, 2023
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,512
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Lot Description
A Veraguas Gold Figural Pendant Biting a a Double-Headed Snake
Costa Rica, Circa 500-1000 A.D.
Height 1 13/16 inches (4.6 cm); 14 karat gold; 4.81 dwt.
Provenance:
Art Market, Canal Zone, Panama.
Dora (b. 1920) & David McIlhenny (1920-1992), Green Valley Arizona, acquired while living in Panama, 1960s-1977; thence by descent.
[accompanied with a letter of ownership]
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