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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gold pendant
Dimensions
Height: 8 cm
Depth: 2,4 cm
Width: 6 cm
Weight: 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

  • Production
    when
    700 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    San José
    Pérez Zeledón
    El General
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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