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Appliqué in the shape of an anthropomorphous face
Tierradentro, Upper Magdalena Region - Middle Period-200/900
Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia
Realism and precision in the representation of features on this hammered, embossed object make one think of a portrait ornamented with face paint.
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- Title: Appliqué in the shape of an anthropomorphous face
- Creator: Tierradentro, Upper Magdalena Region - Middle Period
- Creator Lifespan: -196/900
- Creator Nationality: Colombia
- Creator Death Place: Colombia
- Creator Birth Place: Colombia
- Date: -200/900
- Physical Dimensions: w127 x h87 mm
- Type: Goldwork
- External Link: Cosmology and Symbolism room
- Technique: Hammered and embossed gold
- Finding: Colombia, Cauca, Páez
- Accession number: O28918
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