Cleveland Museum of Art
Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant
- Date
- 1000–1550
- Medium
- cast gold
- Culture
- Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Parita style, 11th-16th century
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Both pendants depict paired figures with tusklike noses. The "tusks" perhaps refer to the upswept nose of the leaf-nosed bat, an agile hunter whose "leaf" helps it to snatch prey from midair. The bat's success as a hunter is part of the reason that some identify such paired figures as warriors. They each hold a paddle-shaped object; the larger pair, in elaborate costumes, also clutches staffs.
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