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Harvard archaeologists excavated this and seven other ornaments from several burials at Sitio Conte, a cemetery famous for its lavish graves of powerful chieftains. The young man buried in Grave 26 was such a chief. His status was stunningly memorialized by 21 human companions and 475 objects, many of them personal ornaments made of gold, including a large chest plaque and the rod-shaped ear ornament shown here.
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Document identity
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128959
label
Ear Rod
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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128959
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object
title
Ear Rod
description
Harvard archaeologists excavated this and seven other ornaments from several burials at Sitio Conte, a cemetery famous for its lavish graves of powerful chieftains. The young man buried in Grave 26 was such a chief. His status was stunningly memorialized by 21 human companions and 475 objects, many of them personal ornaments made of gold, including a large chest plaque and the rod-shaped ear ornament shown here.
date
c. 700–900
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60755645
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.); Overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
cul
Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century
accession
1951.547
Source extras
tec
hammered gold, with greenstone
tombstone
Ear Rod, c. 700–900. Panama, Conte style, 5th - 10th century. Hammered gold, with greenstone; diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.); overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1951.547
collection
AA - Intermediate Region
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 336
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:39:44.255000
sourceId
128959
dept
Art of the Americas
coll
AA - Intermediate Region
med
hammered gold, with greenstone
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photo
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