Figurine
40-13-122
From: Panama | Sitio Conte
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 40-13-122 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cocle |
| Provenience | Panama | Sitio Conte |
| Site Name | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Locus | Tr. 2, B 11 Middle level, Skeleton L |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gold | Tooth |
| Iconography | Animal |
| Description | Animal Figurine - Small carved figurine of whale-tooth ivory with gold onlay, in shape of anthropomorphic animal with crest on head and four paws. Prominent teeth. Gold onlay on paws (showing fingers or claws) and crest. Probably once also on eyes and nose but now missing. Figure much eroded, but gold apparently quite pure and uncorroded. (See 40-13-123) |
| Height | 5.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number | G251 - Field No SF |
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