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Digital Object 1012
Description:
Pendant of cast copper in the form of a human figure in the process of tearing out its eyes. It has a perforated emerald partially embedded in its belly, and two vertical rings in the back at shoulder level for suspension.
The figure has its legs slightly flexed and its hands are directed towards the face, where the right is closed around the gouged right eye and the left grabs and removes the left eye from its socket, which appears empty. A trapezoidal skirt hanging from a braided cord belt can be seen. Two braided cords cross at the top of the chest and fall over the back. These seem to support the four volutes that come out of the back, two at shoulder level and two at the waist. The headdress is difficult to interpret due to the corrosion of the piece: from a base that forms a visor on the face, three elements are projected upwards, each of which has two small appendages, one in front and the other behind. In addition, from the sides of the base, two appendages project straight forward and curl slightly inwards.
MG
Date of field recording:
 
07/03/2014
Excavation campaign:
 
2014
Record type:
 
Metal artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 4
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Interment
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
260
Individual´s funerary attire:
 
I01
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Artifacts
Metal artifacts:
 
Pendant
Measurements
Dimension 1:
 
height mm
=:
 
77
Dimension 2:
 
width mm
=:
 
63
Dimension 3:
 
thickness mm
=:
 
36
Weight:
 
g
=:
 
106.6
Digital Object 1012
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