Pendant

40-14-671

From: Panama | Sitio Conte

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 40-14-671
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Panama | Sitio Conte
Site Name Sitio Conte
Culture Area Central American
Locus Trench 2, Burial 18, Head of Skeleton H
Section American
Materials Metal
Description

Eagle. Flattish type, probably trade piece from Veraguas. Most of wings and tail missings. Large protuberant eyes at sides, spheroid with slits and rattling pellets. Hooked beak; small body with short relief legs.

Height 5.4 cm
Length 4 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Panama, Cocle Expedition; J. Alden Mason, 1940

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