Ornament

41-5-19

From: Panama | Veraguas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 41-5-19
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Panama | Veraguas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Gold | Metal
Iconography Eagle
Description

Double Head eagle. Flat type with outspread flat wings and tail. Spheroid hollow slit body with rattling pellet; small relief feet from body. Twin projecting curved beaks. Large spheroid protuberant eye to either side; slit with rattling pellet. Covered with green copper ecrustation. One wing and part of tail in fragments.

Height 1.2 cm
Length 8.2 cm
Width 9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Juan Gratacos, 1941

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