Plaque
| Object Number: | 40-13-11 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cocle |
| Provenience: | Panama Sitio Conte |
| Site Name/Number: | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Locus: | Tr. 2, B 11, Skeleton D |
| Date Made: | 8th century |
| Early Date: | 700 |
| Late Date: | 900 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Technique: | Hammered Embossed |
| Depth: | 22 cm |
| Credit Line: | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number: | G53 - Field No SF CS-107 - Other Number |
Description
Simplified anthropomorphic figure. Full face. Arms and legs outstretched. Legs end in immense claws; curved arms in a great crescentic hook. Spikes or arms and legs. Twin "tails" ending in hooks with series of hooks along edges. Narrow waist; intaglio triangle (equilateral) on chest. Head on two supports in place of neck. Broad mouth full of triangular teeth. Ornaments extending out to sides of mouth with hooks on edge. Animal-like upright ears. Horns or headdress with spikes and hooks. Oval eyes with raised pupils. Elongated nose nares. Two pair of suspension holes.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (2nd showing) (21 Mar 1992 - 18 Oct 1992) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| River of Gold: Pre-Colombian Treasures from Sitio Conte (09 Apr 1988 - 22 May 1988) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte (23 Sep 2007 - 16 Dec 2007) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Beneath the Surface: Life, Death, and Gold in Ancient Panama (07 Feb 2015 - 02 Nov 2015) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Sharer, Robert J., and Hearne Jardine, Pamela H. 1992. River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Plate 7 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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