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Object Number 31-36-20/C13366
Display Title Gold helmet
Descriptions
Object Description Gold helmet, repousse design of intertwined "dancing" two-headed caymans and other figures; perforated at edge with 36 small evenly-spaced holes
Inventory Description Metal, ornament, gold helmet, impressed zoomorphic design, edge perforated
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Date ca. AD 700-900
Culture
  • Coclé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / Cocle / <County> / <City> / Sitio Conte
Intrasite Trench I; Grave 5; Grave 1-E; layer 2; skeleton XV #142a, #142
Additional Geographic Terms Penonome District
Materials Gold
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 21 x 21 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C13366 & SC\1381
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1931
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1931)
Collector Dr. Douglas S. Byers (1931)
Collector Henry B. Roberts (1931)
Collector L. Lorne Wedlock (1931)
Collector Frederick Johnson (1931)

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