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human figure

The inventory of anthropomorphic figures includes both realistic and highly distorted objects. The unusual number of toes and fingers indicates supernatural attributes of the inventoried object. Quilter (2000: 187, Fig. 9.8) reproduces a similar figure from the Keith collection. Hartman (1901: 188f., figs. 480, 481) and Stone (1968: fig. 9d) present almost identical metalwork, the inlets of which were positioned above the ears. (Künne 2005)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gold pendant
Dimensions
Height: 4,2 cm
Depth: 0,9 cm
Width: 1,7 cm
Weight: 7,1 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34268

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    700 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Punta Arenas
    Buenos Aires
  • 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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