breast-plate
- Museum number
- Am1900,0517.1
- Description
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Heart-shaped breast-plate with a human face, made of gold by hammering and embossing. The face was probably raised by hammering over a matrix; it wears a rectilinear headdress, ear spools and a small crescentic nose-ornament. A bead necklace hanging below the face might be a later addition. A band with geometric designs runs along the edge.
- Production date
- 200BC-1200
- Dimensions
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Height: 28 centimetres
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Width: 37 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1978-1979, London, BM, The Gold of El Dorado
1989 1 Nov-1990 31 Dec, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar, National Museum of Malaysia, Treasures from the Graves
1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image'
2005 11 Apr-10 Jul, Seoul Arts Centre, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 25 Jul-8 Oct, Busan Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2005 27 Oct-2006 31 Jan, Haengso Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2006 18 Mar-4 Jun, Beijing, Capital Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 3 Feb-27 May, Taipei, National Palace Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2007 14 Sep-2 Dec, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 1 May-20 Sep, Victoria, Royal BC Museum, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2009 11 Dec-2010 10 May, Madrid, Canal de Isabel II, Treasures of the World's Cultures
2013 Oct 17 - 2014 Mar 23. BM, ‘Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia’
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1900,0517.1
