Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque

c. 700–1550 Overall: 19.8 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm (7 13/16 x 7 11/16 x 1 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.386

Technologically, this pectoral (chest plaque) is unlike the other gold shown in this case. Rather than being cast of molten metal, it was made by hammering metal into a thin sheet. Costa Rican and Panamanian metalsmiths favored casting, but they were skilled in hammering, a te...

Artifact

id
id
127723
contentType
contentType
object
citation
citation
rights
rights
CC0
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
wikidata
wikidata
[
    "Q60753392"
]
source
source
import
accession
accession
1950.386
Source image fields (4)
thumbnailUrl https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.386/1950.386_web.jpg
largeImageUrl https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.386/1950.386_web.jpg
iiifBase https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.386/1950.386_web.jpg
imageCount 1