Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023
Lot 1119
A Panama tumbaga pendant
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
A Panama tumbaga pendant
Western Peninsula, circa 800 - 1500 AD
modelled as a caiman with three bars to its back with gold discs, a stylised crustacean in its mouth and with a bifurcated tail, the back with a suspension loop,
9.5cm long.
Provenance
Bonhams, London, Tribal Art, 2 December 1991, lot 12.
Romy Rey Collection, London.