When
Oct 15, 2009 (Thursday) to
Mar 28, 2010 (Sunday)
Where
Northwestern Michigan College - Dennos Museum Center
1701 East Front
Traverse City, MI
Traverse City, MI
44.7641608
-85.582789
What
This exhibit presents more than 120 exquisitely crafted pieces of Pre-Columbian gold work from the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s 1940 excavations at the ancient cemetery site...
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Event details: River of Gold Pre-Columbian Treasures from the Sitio Conte
Description
This exhibit presents more than 120 exquisitely crafted pieces of Pre-Columbian gold work from the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s 1940 excavations at the ancient cemetery site of Sitio Conte in what is now central Panama. The exhibition includes large embossed plaques, cast pendants and nose ornaments, gold-sheathed ear rods and necklaces of intricate beads-as well as polychrome ceramics and objects made of precious and semi-precious stones, whale-tooth ivory and bone. Phone for more information at (231) 995-1055.
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