Pendant
39-22-1
From: Colombia | Department of Magdalena | Santa Marta
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 39-22-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tairona |
Provenience | Colombia | Department of Magdalena | 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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