Plaque
| Object Number: | 40-13-2 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Outside Diameter: | 21.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940 |
| Other Number: | G-2 - Field No SF 0228 - Cast Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Magnificent Objects (06 May 2004 - Mar 2005) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| 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 |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | 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 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 96 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 86 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Wardwell, Allen. 1968. The Gold of Ancient America.. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 105, fig. 87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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