Plated Tusk

Plated Tusk

AD 500-1522
Culture
Greater Chiriqui
Country
Costa Rica
Style/Tradition
Diquís
Object
pendant
Accession Number
1995.652
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer
Plated Tusk. AD 500-1522. Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer. 1995.652.
Dimensions
height: 3 in, 7.6200 cm; width: 1 in, 2.5400 cm; depth: 1 in, 2.5400 cm
Department
Mayer Center, Arts of the Ancient Americas
Collection
Arts of the Ancient Americas

A boar's tusk covered in gold at the wider, more cylindrical end and drilled for suspension so that the sharp point hangs down. --Laura Brannen, 2005.

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