Object Title
Crown of Ten Serpent Tongue Sections
Measurements
3.9 x 5.8 x 17.5 cm.
Creation Date
1100-500 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Robert L. Drapkin and Chitranee Drapkin
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Michael Bennett
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://mfastpete.org/obj/crown-of-ten-serpent-sections/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
1492
Provenance Information
Jafet Moya Collection, New Jersey, 1980s; Throckmorton Fine Art Inc., New York, NY; Robert L. Drapkin and Chitranee Drapkin Collection (2009).
Exhibition Information
On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg since 2020.
Publication Information
None.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The provided provenance strongly suggests that the work was outside of its Country of Origin, which might have been either Mexico, Guatemala, or Belize, before 1970. The donor saw the work at the Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery in New York city before 2008, when he resolved to donate it to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, after he acquired it. He acquired it in March of 2009.