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Pendant in the shape of a bat
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Tairona Period900/1600
Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia
Bats were emblematic animals in many pre-Hispanic cultures. In this pendant we enjoy the vision of the frontal flight of this mammal, cut in jadeite.
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Details
- Title: Pendant in the shape of a bat
- Creator: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Tairona Period
- Creator Lifespan: 900/1600
- Creator Nationality: Colombia
- Creator Death Place: Colombia
- Creator Birth Place: Colombia
- Date: 900/1600
- Physical Dimensions: w162 x h25 mm
- Type: Stone carving
- External Link: People and Gold in Pre-Hispanic Colombia
- Technique: Carved stone
- Finding: Colombia, Santa Marta, Minca
- Accession number: L00584
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