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Object Number:

40-13-2

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Cocle

Provenience:

Panama
Sitio Conte

Culture Area:

Central America

Locus:

Tr. 2, B 11

Section:

American

Materials:

Gold

Description:

Two symmetrical anthropomorphic figures. Quarter turned bodies. Profile heads. Large hands and feet with claw fingers and toes. Prominent navels. Belts with big pendant ornament or tails. Decorative, not physical. Large non-human heads, probably long-billed birds. Bills turned down at ends. Large round eyes. Long crest. Two vertical pairs of suspension holes.

Credit Line:

Museum Expedition with J. Alden Mason

Other Number:

G-2 \| Tr. 2, B11	-	Field No SF
0228	-	Cast Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005)

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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