Tairona Tumbaga Pendant of a Double-Headed Mythological Beast, 800 CE - 1200 CE
Tumbaga
height 5.4 cm
height 2 1/8 in
height 2 1/8 in
PF.0790
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Were the jungles of ancient South America, filled with such fantastic beasts or was it only the imaginations of the people who lived there? In the presence of this golden...
Were the jungles of ancient South America, filled with such fantastic beasts or was it only the imaginations of the people who lived there? In the presence of this golden amulet, we are transported to a world of cool emerald shadows and fabled golden cities. Though that world remains elusive, this intriguing pendant seems to tell us it existed sometime, somewhere.