Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature, by Colima, 200 BCE–200 CE
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Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature

Colima (Colima or Jalisco, Mexico)

200 BCE–200 CE

Medium
Spondylus shell
Classification
Costume and Accessories
Dimensions
Main pendant: 6.4 × 17.8 cm (2 1/2 × 7 in.); Side pendants: 6.4 × 3.2 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.); Center pendant: 5.1 × 3.2 cm (2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Culture
Western Mexico
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
Credit line
Maurice D. Galleher Endowment
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago