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Rotating disk

Nariño Plateau - Late Period600/1700

Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Museo del Oro, Bogotá
Bogota, Colombia

Made using a technique which divides the surface into areas of contrasting colour and texture, these disks were presumably spun suspended from a string in order to produce hypnotic effects in rituals.

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  • Title: Rotating disk
  • Creator: Nariño Plateau - Late Period
  • Creator Lifespan: 600/1700
  • Creator Nationality: Colombia
  • Creator Death Place: Colombia
  • Creator Birth Place: Colombia
  • Date: 600/1700
  • Physical Dimensions: w153 mm
  • Type: Goldwork
  • External Link: Cosmology and Symbolism room
  • Technique: Hammered tumbaga with depletion gilding
  • Finding: Colombia, Nariño, El Tambo
  • Accession number: O21521
Museo del Oro, Bogotá

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