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THBTairona 20K Gold, Tumbaga, Stone, & Crystal Necklace
Lot 182
About Seller
Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Nov 29, 2018
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2018-11-29 10:00:00
2018-11-29 10:00:00
America/New_York
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Bidsquare : Holiday Glitz - Ancient / Ethnographic Art
https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/artemis-gallery/holiday-glitz---ancient-ethnographic-art-3672
What to give this holiday season? Think silver, gold, bronze, shiny, glittery, wearable, festive. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. This is one sale you don't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
What to give this holiday season? Think silver, gold, bronze, shiny, glittery, wearable, festive. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. This is one sale you don't want to miss! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A truly beautiful necklace composed of 107 carved greenstone seed beads, 13 rock crystal spacer beads, and 6 twenty karat gold tube beads. A large tumbaga figural pendant depicts a cacique, or chieftain, among the most detailed precious metal castings known from the Pre-Columbian world. The figure has a stylized animalistic face with a slender body bedecked in finery, a large pectoral necklace, and an enormous semicircular headdress with corded and stippled coronas. The necklace components are displayed on modern string, and the strands are capped with a gold-filled loop and shepherd's hook combo. A gorgeous and wearable example of fine ancient artistry! Size (necklace): 17.75" L (45.1 cm); size (pendant): 1" W x 1.375" H (2.5 cm x 3.5 cm); quality of gold: 20K; quality of tumbaga: 73% gold.
This piece has been has been tested for the presence or absence of particular elements via XRF elemental analysis. A basic 1-page summary of the XRF screening will accompany purchase, identifying each element present in the sample, as well as the quantity of elements present. A more complete analysis detailing historical data / comparisons is available for additional charge – please contact us.
Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#140731Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Greenstone, gold, tumbaga, and rock crystal components are ancient, while stringing and gold-filled hardware are modern. Minor nicks to some stone/crystal beads, light indentations and bending to gold tube beads, and some fading to finer pendant details, otherwise intact and excellent. Light earthen deposits throughout. Nice patina graces the gold and tumbaga components.Condition
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