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Gold figure

Avimorph pendants are among the most frequently found metal objects in the Diquís archaeological region. The inventoried figure seems to represent a colbri-like creature. The V-shaped wings and the long pointed beak clearly point to the small nectar-sucking bird. Despite belonging to the Veraguas-Chiriquí group, the pendant has several special technical and design features. These include the object's structure on a large, continuous clay core, the white-yellowish gold lustre, the solidity of the material, the lack of head decoration, the unusual position of the eyes, the recessed neck, the curved, continuous torso, the wing-standing decorations, the recessed legs and feet and the lack of a flat tail section. (Künne 2005)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Gold figure
Dimensions
Height: 5,4 cm
Depth: 3,4 cm
Width: 7 cm
Weight: 35,3 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34267

Provenance and sources

when
700 - 1550
where
Costa Rica
Punta Arenas [Provinz]
Buenos Aires [Ort]
who
Felix Wiß - Former Possessors

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