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Pendant of Musician with Feather Headdress Playing an Instrument
(Ancient Americas )
Humans in Pre-Conquest Panamanian art may wear headdresses that associate them with animals to address a shamanistic context. Such images of male figures serving as pendants wear only necklaces, belts, and ear ornaments.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Tiffany & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1971-1972 | World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Panama (Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 × W: 1 1/4 × D: 1 in. (6.1 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.284