pendant
- Museum number
- Am1904,0718.27
- Description
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Pendant in the form of a stylised animal, probably an insect, made of gold by lost wax casting.
- Production date
- 1BC-700
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.50 centimetres
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Width: 1.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This kind of pendant has been found in the Tolima, Calima and Quimbaya areas where they were probably produced in the first millennium AD.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image'
2013 Oct 17 - 2014 Mar 23. BM, ‘Beyond El Dorado: Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia’
- Acquisition date
- 1904
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1904,0718.27