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Collections

Eagle Impersonator Pendant1325–1521

Not on view
Pre-Columbian gold pendant with a frontal face mask, feathered headdress, scroll-work body, and five hanging pear-shaped gold drops
Cast gold pendant with a frontal anthropomorphic face featuring a hooked nose, elaborate headdress of scrolls and vertical elements, and flanking wing-like projections; five teardrop-shaped bells hang from the face and a circular openwork element below, with spiral filigree details throughout.
Title
Eagle Impersonator Pendant
Culture
Ñuu Savi (Mixtec)
Place Made
Mexico, Oaxaca
Date Made
1325–1521
Medium
Gold
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.249e
Classification
Metal
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.