Anthropo-zoomorphous breastplate

Mid-Magdalena Valley (Tolima) - Middle Period-1/700

Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia

This figure, which combines the ears and tail of a feline figure with the wings of a bird and possibly a human face and the skeleton of a fish, brings together in one object the multiple powers that are important to today's Indian shamans.

Details

Title: Anthropo-zoomorphous breastplate
Creator: Mid-Magdalena Valley (Tolima) - Middle Period
Creator Lifespan: -1/700
Creator Nationality: Colombia
Creator Death Place: Colombia
Creator Birth Place: Colombia
Date: -1/700
Physical Dimensions: w105 x h192 mm
Type: Goldwork
External Link: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia
Technique: Lost wax casting and hammering in gold
Finding: Colombia
Accession number: O04662

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