Object Number | 40-13-11 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cocle |
Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
Site Name | Sitio Conte |
Culture Area | Central American |
Locus | Tr. 2, B 11, Skeleton D |
Date Made | 8th century |
Section | American |
Materials | Gold |
Technique | Hammered | Embossed |
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. |
Depth | 22 cm |
Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
Other Number | G53 - Field No SF | CS-107 - Other Number |
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