Chest ornament/Pectoral
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired from local collectors by agents of the G. Amsinck & Co (a New York import/export firm with operations in Latin America) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from the G. Amsinck Company in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 1600
- Catalog Number
- 5/3969
- Barcode
- 053969.000
- Culture/People
- probably Zenú (Sinú) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Seller
- G. Amsinck & Company (G. Amsinck & Co.)
- Previous owner
- G. Amsinck & Company (G. Amsinck & Co.)
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Chest ornament/Pectoral
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Place
- Río Sinú east bank 140 miles above mouth; Córdoba Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Zenú (Sinú) (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_58108
