Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 1350 BC–AD 1550 (Formative to Post-Classic period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Previous owner
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Seller
- Carl Albert Purpus (Karl Albert Purpus), Non-Indian, 1851-1941
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents by Carl A. Purpus (1851-1941, a German botanist working in Mexico) between 1900 and 1921; purchased by MAI from Carl A. Purpus in 1923 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Place
- Sierra Mixteca (Mixteca Mountains); Oaxaca State, Puebla State; Mexico
- See related items
- Mixteca (Mixtec) (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/1310
- Barcode
- 121310.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Polished, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_130662