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Costa Rica Laminate
Gold & Metals Exhibit

Round/Oval - Gold Disks
 Round and oval laminate gold disc designs generally used as breast plates
Ornamental motif gold disk laminate pendant

BCCR Collection

 

 Gold Discs in the Museo Nacional de Oro, Costa Rica Laminate Gold Disks, Collars, & Head Bands

BCCR Collection

 
Ornamental gold disk laminate
pendant

 

 Ornamental gold disk laminate
pendant

BCCR Collection
Shaman gold disk laminate
pendent		 Ornamental gold disk laminate
pendant
Reptile motif gold disk laminate
pendant		 Crab motif gold disk laminate
pendant
Insect motif
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Rain God motif
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BCCR Collection

 
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Ovoid Pendant
500-800 AD - 4.12in
Diquis Region

Private Collection

 Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Circular Breast plate Costa Rica Circular Breast plate
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 72.6 grams
Diameter 6 ½ in.

The Hendershott Collection
Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Circular Breastplate Costa Rica Circular Breastplate
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 18.9 grams
Diameter 5 3/8 in.

The Hendershott Collection
Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Circular Breastplate Costa Rica Circular Breastplate
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 44.3 grams
Diameter 6 in.

The Hendershott Collection
Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Circular BreastplateCosta Rica or PanamaA.D. 700 - 1500Gold, Weight 59.2 gramsDiameter 6 ¾ in.The relatively thi... (Total: 1 Items) Circular Breastplate
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 59.2 grams
Diameter 6 ¾ in.

The Hendershott Collection
Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Circular Breastplate Costa Rica Circular Breastplate
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 21.2 grams
Diameter 5 ¼ in.

The Hendershott Collection
Repoussé Disk of Frog
Veraguas, Chiriquí, Diquís
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 5.95 grams
Height 2 7/16 in. Width 2 7/16 in.

The Hendershott Collection 		Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque Disk-Shaped Chest Plate
Costa Rica
8th-16th Century

The Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
Arm/Ankle Bands or Cuffs
Arms and ankle bands or cuff laminate gold designs
Pre-Columbian:Metal/Gold, Armband or Cuff Armband or Cuff
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 54.3 grams
Length 13 in. Width 1 ¾ in.

The Hendershott Collection
Crowns/Head Bands
Crown band laminate gold designs

Band-form Crown
Costa Rica or Panama
A.D. 700 - 1500
Gold, Weight 12.0 grams
Length 21 3/8 in. Width 1 ½ in.

The Hendershott Collection
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Collars
Collar laminate gold designs
Collar with Beaded Edges
Veraguas, Chiriquí, Diquís
A.D. 700/800 - 1500
Gold, Weight 182.9 grams
Height 8 1/16 in. Width 10 1/16 in.

The Hendershott Collection
Masks
Mask laminate gold designs
Costa Rica Mask Ornament Mask Ornament
Southern Costa Rica, (Rio Grande de Térraba, Diquís Region), Diquís Style, 8th-16th Century
c. 700-1550

Cleveland Museum Of Art Collection
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