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Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque
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Harvard archaeologists excavated this ornament from Grave 32 at Sitio Conte, a cemetery famous for its lavish graves of powerful chieftains. The warm gleam of gold linked rulers with the sun’s creative force.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineOrnament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque, c. 400–500. Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century. Hammered gold; overall: 9.3 x 10 cm (3 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1951.155
