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Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

c. 400–500

Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century

Medium
hammered gold
Measurements
Overall: 9.3 x 10 cm (3 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Norweb Collection 1951.155
Public Domain
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Location
233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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This disk was excavated from a burial containing three bodies.

Description

Harvard archaeologists excavated this ornament from Grave 32 at Sitio Conte, a cemetery famous for its lavish graves of powerful chieftains. The warm gleam of gold linked rulers with the sun’s creative force.
A hammered gold circular plaque depicts a stylized face in relief. A prominent central nose divides large oval eyes under curved brow lines, with a pair of holes above each eye. A wide, upturned mouth reveals vertical teeth and features small holes at the corners. Small protrusions on either side suggest ears. The warm yellow surface is slightly textured.

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

c. 400–500

Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century

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