Title
Animal-Headed Figure Pendant, c. 1000-1550. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Animal-Headed Figure Pendant, c. 1000-1550. Among the pendants shown here are a crustacean (1943.290), an animal-headed figure (1948.18), and two pendants featuring birds (1951.442 and 1946.223). The latter were dubbed aguilas (eagles) by Christopher Columbus, who saw natives wearing them as necklace ornaments. Modern researchers are not as sure of the species shown, but some believe that they are birds of prey because talons and beaks are prominent and often clutch something, in one example here a small, disembodied head that holds a clapper. In both examples, two tufts in the form of crocodiles in profile flank the birds? heads.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F69_364
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
34,2Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,8in x 10,4in / 3843 x 3113 (300dpi)