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Gold pendant (decorative plate)

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The disc-shaped sheet could have been used as a head or chest ornament, clothing utensil, offering, barter object or burial object. The two large perforations appear to be extensions of the original holes. Aguilar (1996: 49-51, Figs. 25-28), Ferrero (1975: 257, Ilus. II-47-50) and Quilter (2000: 184, Fig. 9.4) depict plates that have 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
Gold pendant (decorative plate)
Dimensions
Weight: 16 g
Height: 6,9 cm
Depth: 0,4 cm
Width: 7,4 cm
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 34270

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    700 - 1550
    where
    Costa Rica
    Punta Arenas
    Buenos Aires
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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