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190<br />

TOLIMA GOLD NOSE ORNAMENT<br />

Ca. A. D. 500-1000(check)<br />

Cast with semi-circular nose ring with tapering ends, with openwork<br />

crosshatched side fl anges terminating in tight spirals; a modern gold<br />

brooch clasp on the reverse.<br />

Length 6 cm<br />

Cf. For the openwork iconography, El Dorado Colombian Gold, Exhibition<br />

Catalogue, Australia, February 25-October 1, 1978, pl. 239-240<br />

€ 1 200 – 1 800<br />

*191<br />

PAIR <strong>OF</strong> SINU GOLD EARRINGS<br />

Ca. A. D. 500-1000<br />

Each of semi-circular form with three openwork zizag registers<br />

separated by narrow bands, surmounted by a long-billed bird on<br />

each end.<br />

Diameter each 5 cm<br />

Acquired in the early 1970s in Holland<br />

€ 800 – 1 200<br />

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189<br />

192<br />

DIQUIS GOLD AVIAN PENDANT<br />

PALMAR SUR<br />

Ca. A. D. 800-1200<br />

Cast with a highly stylized raptorial bird with splayed tail, raised<br />

chest, upturned snout and twp ferocious mythical animal heads’<br />

issuing from the ears; a suspension hole on the reverse.<br />

Height 5.5 cm<br />

Provenance<br />

Belgian Collection<br />

€ 2 000 – 2 500<br />

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