Sahino pig | Photographer: Andrea Blumtritt
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Sahino pig
The wild boar-like object is very realistically designed. Fernández Esquivel depicts eight comparable objects from the Palmar Sur region. She assumes that the pendants were worn in groups, as the animals only appear in herds (2003: 64f.). (Künne 2005)
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Gold pendant
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 1,4 x 1 x 2 cm
Gewicht: 11,1 g
Gewicht: 11,1 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34292
Provenance and sources
when
700 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
San José [Provinz]
Pérez Zeledón [Kanton]
El General [Ort]
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