Disk

This ornate silver disk measures thirteen-and-a-half inches across, and is adorned with complex iconography, and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures. The relief designs are arranged in four concentric bands with a polished silver circle at the center. The bands are packed with repeating designs which leave no space unadorned.  The outer band features two fishermen in a sea of shells. Wearing broad hats and carrying wooden paddles, they sit on boats with curved bows made of bundled tortora reeds. The second band depicts undulating waves connected to a head; a deity known as the Anthropomorphized Wave. The third band depicts a caravan of people carrying shells over land. Shown in profile wearing broad-rimmed headdresses, they are surrounded by piles of spiny oyster shells. In this band, the figures are connected by an undulating line that may indicate a confinement rope. The fourth band, which rings the polished silver circle at the center, depicts five anthropomorphic sea creatures or spirits.