Description:

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. A delicate, beautiful gold ornament, made to be worn attached to the nose by a hollow, near round disc decorated with gold wire arranged in swirls and loops. Two long gold wires project outward from the smaller end of this disc, each with three hanging silver rectangles attached to each wire by thin gold rings. Gold ornaments have been found in 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. Size of ornament: 2.6" L x 0.95" W x 1.75" H (6.6 cm x 2.4 cm x 4.4 cm); size of resin block: 3.5" L x 1.1" W x 3" H (8.9 cm x 2.8 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s

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#141018

  • Condition: Item is encased in resin and cannot be examined outside of it. The arms appear to have been repaired in four or five places; repairs are unobtrusive. Old collection number written in black ink on the interior.

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