Pendant
40-13-120
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-13-120 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cocle |
Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
Site Name | Sitio Conte |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | Tr. 2, B 11 Skeletons A-B |
Section | American |
Materials | Gold | Ivory |
Description | Possibly ivory. Restored from fragments; large missing sections restored in coloured plaster [?]. Large; reptilian [?]. Large head and large horizontal open mouth; no teeth. Relief nostrils. 4 short legs in low relief against body. Fat tail tapering to point. 7 gold onlays: large high eyes with crescentic extensions; long high spine down vertebrae, 4 flattish oval feet with repousse claws. |
Height | 4.5 cm |
Length | 13.5 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
Other Number | G211 - Field No SF |
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