Monkey Pendant
CultureCosta Rican
Dateca. 1000
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter I. Hirsch
Object number64-23
On View
Not on viewGallery Location
- L14
Collections
Exhibition HistoryPainted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 1, 2025-February 8, 2026.
Peter I. Hirsch (1917-2003), Kansas City, MO and Santa Fe, NM, by 1964 [1];
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1964.
NOTES:
[1] According to Hirsch, in a letter to Ralph T. Coe, Assistant Director, March 4, 1964, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files, this object had been on loan to the Nelson-Atkins from Hirsch “for some time,” although the start of this loan period is currently unknown.
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