Plaque

Object Number:

40-13-3

Current Location:

Out on loan

Culture:

Cocle

Provenience:

Panama
Sitio Conte

Culture Area:

Central America

Locus:

Tr. 2, B 11

Section:

American

Materials:

Gold

Description:

Perfectly human figure, front view. Great mouth, rectangular teeth, oval eyes, crescentic nostril lobes. Queer ears with vertical ornaments. Crest headdress. fingers and toes with claws. Holds upright stick (?) with rectangular depressions. Ornaments (?) below knee. Across waist joined tails of two leg-less animals, maybe centipedes. Edges of bodies serrated. Possibly have fins, maybe a fish, shark? Wide mouth, triangular teeth, round eyes. Divided nose.

Credit Line:

Museum Expedition with J. Alden Mason

Other Number:

G-3 \| B11	-	Field No SF
0229	-	Cast Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

River of Gold: Pre-Colombian Treasures from Sitio Conte (09 Apr 1988 - 22 May 1988)

River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (2nd showing) (21 Mar 1992 - 18 Oct 1992)

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