Magnificent Eagle Pendant - SOLD
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A.D. 800 – 1519
Chiriqui
Height 5” Width 4.5” Depth 1 3/4”
Provenance: Ruben Ortiz, Santa Fe, New Mexico, acquired prior to 1970.
Bird pendants of this type were first named áquilas (eagles) by Christopher Columbus, who observed them being worn around the necks of local people, like an “Agnus Dei, or other relic,” when he sailed along the Caribbean coast of Central America in the early 1500s.
The pendant weighs 6.1 Troy ounces, and has been tested and contains 92–98 percent pure gold.