Arm or leg cuff
Coclé
A.D. 700–1520
Place of Origin: Coclé Province, Panama, Sitio Conte area
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 6 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
1971.903
Medium or Technique
Gold
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Hammered gold arm or leg cuff; single perforations at each of the four corners for tie-end attachment.
Provenance
Excavated in the Sitio Conte area, Coclé Province, Panama, after 1930; by 1950 in a Private Collection, San José, Costa Rica; to Paul Pasher, New York, between 1950 and 1955 and kept with Manuel Miranda Pinto, San Salvador, El Salvador; brought to the United States, April 1970 and sold to the Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York; to the MFA, December 1971, purchase.
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay