Pectoral
- Culture
- Tolima
- Date
- c.400–1000
- Material
- Gold
- made in
- Cauca department, Colombia, South America
- Classification
- Jewelry & personal accessories, metalwork
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 112
- Dimensions
- 6 15/16 x 5 11/16 in. (17.6 x 14.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 247:1966
NOTES
Goldworking began in the Andes as far back as 2000 BCE, and the technology moved slowly northward over the centuries. By the early centuries CE, metallurgists in what is now Colombia made finely wrought metal objects using a variety of processes, including repoussé, in which thin metal sheets are hammered over a carved surface, and lost-wax, in which molten gold or silver melts a mold of wax encased in earth or clay. Some objects were made using a combination of these.
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