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.
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
M. C. Carlos Museum, Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia,
United States) Repository Number:
990.11.298