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ID  377  -  Public access
Description :   Figurative cast gold pendant representing a two-headed bat flying. It was part of the mortuary ensemble of the I5 individual from tomb T2. The suspension ring is on the back of the pendant. Conte style. In the representation the twin heads play a prominent role, they have been represented with great liveliness: A short snout with open (and sunken) jaws with big sharp teeth, a nose with round orifices, a nasal leaf pointing upwards and slightly curved, two big spherical eyes and pointy ears. The necks spring out of a triangular body with a narrow wing membrane (patagium) that appears only in ...
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ID  398  -  Public access
Description :   Cast gold figurative pendant which was part of the mortuary ensemble of the individual I9 of tomb T2. It is a two-headed male figure; he is nude and standing up holding a ceremonial shell trumpet with both hands. Conte Style. The two heads are joined by one of the ears and the end of the conical cap or headpiece with rhomboidal designs. Is has two rings for hanging on the rear side.
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ID  402  -  Public access
Description :   Cast gold figurative pendant. It represents a hybrid being between bird and reptile. This icon it was very widely spread by the International Style in the Isthmus-Colombian area. It belongs to tomb T3, not excavated, and was found along with a breastplate, two small bracelets and a small group of gold beads.
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ID  426  -  Public access
Description :   Stone pendant, shaped as a fang, capped with sheet gold
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ID  438  -  Public access
Description :   Copper pendant representing two birds.
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ID  443  -  Public access
Description :   Copper pendant with double human figures.
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ID  462  -  Public access
Description :   Gold-sheathed stone pendant in the shape of a fang.
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ID  464  -  Public access
Description :   Cast tumbaga figurative pendant. The figure has two possible readings: two supernatural prickly lobsters each carry two human heads on their carapaces or two figures carry the lobsters on their backs. Judging by the characteristics of this piece and other similar pieces, lobsters’ bodies would be completed with precious stones, resins or other materials stuffed into their cephalothorax. It was part of the mortuary ensemble of individual I1 from tomb T1. Conte Style
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ID  501  -  Public access
Description :   Pendant representing a bird.
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ID  532  -  Public access
Description :   Gold pendant, made by the lost wax casting method. It formed part of the mortuary ensemble of the principal individual in tomb T2. The image lends itself to a dual reading depending on the angle from which is viewed. A seated person whose body, except for the head and neck, has been replaced with twin birds, or, if we rotate it 90º we see two birds whose tails seem to drag the head of a high status man. International Style. The human head is made with an unusual degree of detail that includes marking the iris and pupil in the eyes, teeth inside the mouth, hair on the eyebrows and even the la...
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