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human-like figure

The object combines the attributes of various creatures (human, lizard, snake). Posture and limbs indicate anthropomorphic attributes. The feet, hands, head and headdress, on the other hand, refer to zoomorphic or bimorphic characteristics. The wide mouth of the head mask corresponds to the zoomorphic stone sculptures of the Palmar group (1550-1000d.C.). While the main figure appears in frontal perspective, the lateral motifs were depicted in side profile. The many casting defects and flaws show that the figure was hardly reworked. Fernández Esquivel (2003: 16) depicts a thematically related object consisting of three limbs. (Künne 2005)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Gold pendant
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 8 x 6 x 2,4 cm
Gewicht: 40,1 g
Material/Technique
Alloy (copper), Alloy (gold)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34198

Provenance and sources

when
700 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
San José [Provinz]
Pérez Zeledón [Kanton]
El General [Ort]

who
Lehmann, Walter - Collectors

Description
Purchase 1909

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