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COLLECTION D'UN GRAND AMATEUR
PECTORAL EN OR
VERAGUAS/DIQUÍS, ENVIRON 800-1500 APRÈS J.-C.
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PECTORAL EN OR
Veraguas/Diquís, environ 800-1500 après J.-C.
Grand ornement martelé et repoussé de quatre visages stylisés en léger relief chacun portant une coiffure bipartite en pointillée avec le noeud des chamans dans la partie supérieure, grimace montrant leurs dents et yeux carrés, chacun séparé par une bosse, et une au centre plus grande, la circonférence entourée par une rangée de perles; une paire de trous de suspension sur un côté.
Diamètre: 23.6 cm
Veraguas/Diquís, environ 800-1500 après J.-C.
Grand ornement martelé et repoussé de quatre visages stylisés en léger relief chacun portant une coiffure bipartite en pointillée avec le noeud des chamans dans la partie supérieure, grimace montrant leurs dents et yeux carrés, chacun séparé par une bosse, et une au centre plus grande, la circonférence entourée par une rangée de perles; une paire de trous de suspension sur un côté.
Diamètre: 23.6 cm
Post lot text
VERAGUAS DIQUIS GOLD PECTORAL
CA. A.D. 800-1500
The large hammered ornament embossed with four stylized faces each wearing stippled, bipartite coiffure, shaman's top knot, toothly grin and squared eyes, each separated by a boss, with a central, larger boss, the circumference surrounded by a double row of beadwork; a pair of suspension holes on one side.
While on his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus sailed along the coast of Central America, from present-day Honduras to Panama. During this part of the voyage, he and his men saw and traded with the Indians for 'mirrors' of gold. The Indians wore the mirrors around their necks but it is a possibility that such a gold was called a 'mirror' by Columbus.
CA. A.D. 800-1500
The large hammered ornament embossed with four stylized faces each wearing stippled, bipartite coiffure, shaman's top knot, toothly grin and squared eyes, each separated by a boss, with a central, larger boss, the circumference surrounded by a double row of beadwork; a pair of suspension holes on one side.
While on his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus sailed along the coast of Central America, from present-day Honduras to Panama. During this part of the voyage, he and his men saw and traded with the Indians for 'mirrors' of gold. The Indians wore the mirrors around their necks but it is a possibility that such a gold was called a 'mirror' by Columbus.
