Plaque
| Object Number: | 40-13-26 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Cocle |
| Provenience: | Panama Sitio Conte |
| Site Name/Number: | Sitio Conte |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Locus: | Tr. 2, B 11 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Length: | 26 cm |
| Width: | 18 cm |
| Credit Line: | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number: | G1 - Field No SF |
Description
Human figure, front view, outspread, symmetrical. Claw finger and toe nails. Spreading headdress. Two symmetrical demonical animals below with tails attached to human waist. Probably long tailed crocodiles. Three short legs each with five-clawed feet, four claws and one opposed. Fourth foot not visible. Long curving spiney tail. Long curving tongue, trident teeth. Nose not crocodilian. Three-element something on nose. Antler-like element on head, ears (?). Beard (?) on chin. Four pair suspension holes.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Artifacts in Bloom ( Nov 1999 - Nov 1999) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Philadelphia Discovers: Discovery Ball (04 May 1985 - 04 May 1985) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| 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 |
| Discovering the Past: Highlights from the University Museum (IBM) (20 Jun 1989 - 20 Aug 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 202, fig. 147 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "The Lesser Archaeological Cultures of Mexico and Central America: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 49-56 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 55, fig. 38 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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