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Object Number 2004.1.391.210
Display Title Gold disk
Descriptions
Object Description From album of S. K. Lothrop's trip through Costa Rica, 1948 - 1950, page 82. Written on album page in ink: "Palmar. Gold disk be- / longing to Venecio Mora,"; written in pencil: "Boruca Casique"
Department Photographic
Date 1949
Artist Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Central American styles and periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica / Puntarenas / <County> / Palmar Sur
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 × 11.7475 cm (4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)

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