Panama, 14 July 2025. The museum team at the Ministry of Culture received 19 pieces of ceramics to keep them in custody. The delivery was made by Ms Katherine Shahani to the director of museums, Raúl Castro Zachrisson, who was accompanied by a team of experts.

Of the 19 pieces, 17 are old crafts and 2 are original pieces from the pre-Columbian period. These pieces have been given as gifts throughout the years to the Shahani family, who have decided to give them for their proper maintenance.

Roxana pino, an anthropologist, explained that the pieces "will be put into conservation because they have to be restored. The original vessels require passing through that process to stabilise and to prevent them from deteriorating."

Later, after the whole conservation process they become part of the collection of the Anthropological Museum "that's where we have the most complete pieces that come from different parts" stated Pino.

The 2 original vessels come from the Gran Coclé region, also known as an archaeological cultural area, and are found mainly in the province of Coclé and the Azuero Peninsula in Panama and includes areas of the province of Veraguas. Both date from year a thousand to a thousand 500 BC.

The Gran Coclé region refers to a pre-Columbian cultural area located in today's province of Coclé and the Azuero peninsula in Panama, known for its rich ceramic tradition. That area was inhabited by several indigenous cultures that developed distinctive ceramic styles.