Ornament
41-5-17
From: Panama | Veraguas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-5-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Panama | Veraguas |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gold | Metal |
| Iconography | Crocodile |
| Description | Crocodile. Naturalistic, resting on four legs. Hollow shell. Row of spines down back. Short thick tail curved to left. Large head with openwork mouth and teeth. Projection on nose. Good gold surface, encrusted but slightly eroded. Three feet in fragments or missing. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Length | 10.2 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Juan Gratacos, 1941 |
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