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Pendant (decorative gold plate)

The disc-shaped sheet could be used as a head or breast ornament, clothing utensil, offering, barter object or burial object. Aguilar (1996: 49-51, Figs. 25-28), Ferrero (1975: 257, Ilus. II-47-50) and Quilter (2000: 184, Fig. 9.4) depict sheet metal with a round or horseshoe shape. They have embossed, engraved and punched decorations depicting rows of dots, circles or figurative motifs. (Künne 2005)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Pendant (decorative gold plate)
Dimensions
Height: 9,1 cm
Depth: 0,5 cm
Width: 9,1 cm
Weight: 8,5 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 32028

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    700
    where
    Costa Rica
    San José
    Pérez Zeledón
    El General
    who
    Alice Mertens
  • Collecting
    who
    Felix Wiß - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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