Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A pair of matched earrings, made from hammered 20KT gold sheet, and decorated with twisted and granulated applied gold. The rings are composed of incredibly delicate strips of gold rolled into hollow cylinders and then curved into thick discs; each has a central applied decoration of a raised ring of gold studded with large granulations around its center. Strung around each is a single large, concave disc of slightly lower percentage gold alloy, its surface decorated with a tri-partite border: a thin ring of gold sheet, a spiral of gold, and a thick cylinder of raised gold on the interior of the spiral. Size of each one: 1.8" W x 1.65" H (4.6 cm x 4.2 cm); 36.9 grams total weight.

Gold ornaments have been found in ancient Panamanian graves and in deposits in cenotes, probably signifying a ritual purpose. Elites in the Cocle culture seem to have adorned themselves in fabulous gold ornaments, mostly made from gold found in rivers.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex Fred Leighton collection, New York, USA

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  • Condition: Slight bending to form with light scratching on surface, especially on the back of one of the gold discs. Light encrustation on surface. Could probably be made wearable by a master jeweler without too much modification.

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