Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque, c. 400-500. Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century. Hammered gold; overall: x 10 cm (3 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.). 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.

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