Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks
Coclé
800–1200
Medium
Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks
Dimensions
6 × 7 × 2.4 cm (2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
Classification
pendant (jewelry)
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
99520
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Emblems of caiman and caiman-like creatures were often symbolic of the land floating in the primordial sea, thus evoking the original world creation and the ongoing ties between the mythic past and the heroic present.