Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 1500 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Zapotec or Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Grove C. Fiske (Grove Chester Fiske), Non-Indian, 1869-1953
- Seller
- Grove C. Fiske (Grove Chester Fiske), Non-Indian, 1869-1953
- Seller agent
- Stephen Van Rensselaer (William Stephen Van Rensselar/S. Van Rensselaer), Non-Indian, 1871-1945
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Grove Chester Fiske (1869-1953, an antique dealer in Los Angeles, California, and Mexico); lent to MAI in 1920 by Stephen Van Rensselaer (1871-1945, a New York City antique dealer) acting as an agent for Mr. Fiske; purchased by MAI from Mr. Fiske through Stephen Van Rensselaer in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Oaxaca State; Mexico
- See related items
- Zapotec (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 10/2562
- Barcode
- 102562.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_110681