Gran Cocle Gold Creature Effigy Pendant Bell
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Gran Cocle Gold Creature Effigy Pendant Bell

$3,450.00
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Panama, Ca. 500 to 1520  AD.   A gold bell in the form of a turtle like creature with hollow dome body, flat horizontal flippers and tail. The head is in bird form with pellet eyes and slender beak. The hollow body has a free floating clapper. Loop hole for suspension on underside. Dimension: Size 1-5/8 in L x 1-1/2 in W.; 18k; weight  18.8g.  The pendant is 18K gold piece as indicated by the XRF analysis report from Manhattan Gold & Silver Inc. The elemental composition shows 75.27% gold (Au), 4.10% silver (Ag), 20.47% copper (Cu), and 0.16% iron (Fe). The analysis was performed recently on December 23, 2024, using an ElvaX spectrometer. Provenance: From the estate of Christian Illies (1947-2014), Opelika, Alabama who inherited the collection from his grandfather, Ferdinand Grebien (1877-1976).  Christian Illies’ grandfather, Ferdinand Grebien was born in Austria in 1887 and arrived in Panama in 1911 to work on the construction of the canal. In Colon he founded Grebien, Martinz, a

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