Description:
Breastplate made of a hammered gold and copper alloy in the form of a stylised butterfly in flight with an embossed central body. In the upper part of the plate there is one of the two or more holes for hanging or sewing that would have almost certainly been used to allow the piece to be worn. Conte Metallurgical Group
The sheet, which is of a semicircular shape, has a slightly fusiform figure embossed on its central axis with a thickening of the upper middle part, which gives the pectoral a certain resemblance to a very stylized butterfly in flight. Its four wings would have been cast in two parts and the head, thorax and abdomen are condensed to form the fusiform element. It formed part of the funerary bundle of individual I7 of tomb T7 who wore a similar breastplate of a larger size (AU12020). At the El Caño archaeological site an even smaller one was found in tomb T2 (AU9380).
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