Bird-Man Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bird-Man Pendant

Date
c. 700–1550
Medium
cast and hammered gold
Culture
Western Panama, or Diquís, Costa Rica, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí or Diquís Style, 8th-16th Century
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.

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