From the foregoing account it is apparent that our knowledge of the art
of ancient Chiriqui must for the present be derived almost entirely from
the contents of the tombs. The inhabitants were skillful in the
employment and the manipulation of stone, clay, gold, and copper; and
the perfection of their work in these materials, taken in connection
with the construction of their remarkable tombs, indicates a culture of
long standing and a capacity of no mean order.
Of their architecture, agriculture, or textile art we can learn little
or nothing.
The relics represented in the collection of the National Museum consist
chiefly of articles of stone, gold, copper, and clay.