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Pre-Columbian plate

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: pedestal plate   		Controlled list
Authority
Classification Terms:
          ceramics
          Pre-Columbian art
Controlled list
Titles or Names Text: Pedestal Plate with Monkey Motif
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository 		Free text
Controlled list
Creation Creator Description: unknown Veraguas Free text
  Identity: unknown Veraguas
Roles: ceramicist 		Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: 8th century CE
Earliest: 0700 Latest: 0799 		Free text
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement Indexing Term: Veraguas Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 13.2 (height) x 21.8 (diameter) (5 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches) Free text
  Value: 13.2 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 21.8 Unit: cm Type: diameter 		Controlled list and controlled format
Materials and Techniques Description: terracotta Free text
  Material Name:  terracotta
Technique Name:  vase painting 		Authority
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
         object (utilitarian)
         funerary object
         animals
         monkey
         snake 		Authority
Context Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place: Sitio Conte (Veraguas, Panama) Authority
Descriptive Note Text: The design portrays a stylized monkey and snake, painted using complex abstract shapes, so that the background voids invade the forms of the figures. Excavated at the site of Sitio Conte, central Panama, in the early 20th century. Pedestal plates were massed in the graves facing upward, apparently to impress funeral-goers. Free text
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: M. C. Carlos Museum, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Repository Number: 990.11.298 		Authority   Free text
Revised 28 August 2006