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Ear Spool

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Gold, Greater Coclé
Rights: Public Domain
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller 1979
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Title: Ear Spool
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Gold, Greater Coclé.

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