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Digital Object 1583
Description:
Pendant in the form of a fantastical being. It is not complete. The best preserved part is the head. It has two prominent eyes; a curly nose; pointed ears and prominent lobes; an open mouth with teeth; and a feathered headdress that runs backwards toward the back. It has two holes in the back and a smaller one in the front on the headdress.

As far as the body is concerned, which in part has disappeared, it still has four limbs that are typical of bipedal movement.
Excavation campaign:
 
2015
Record type:
 
Animal bone and/or tooth artifacts
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 7
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Interment
Stratigraphic unit (finds):
 
301
Individual´s funerary attire:
 
I07
Calibrated Age Range:
 
Cal AD 770 to 905 (Cal BP 1180 to 1045)/Cal AD 920 to 965 (Cal BP 1030 to 985)
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Artifacts
Animal bone artifacts:
 
Pendant
Taxonomy of specimens
Vernacular name:
 
Sperm whale
Genus:
 
Physeter
Species:
 
Physeter macrocephalus
Digital Object 1583
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