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THBTairona Gold Bell w/ Face - 3.8 g
Lot 93d
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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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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A delicate gold 60% (equivalent to 14K+) bell with intricate wire work that forms an anthropomorphic face. The body is a hollow hourglass shape that contains the clapper ball with a flat top and a horizontal slit on the bottom for emitting sound. The front side of the upper half presents a stylized face comprised of braided and twisted wirework that form a triangular nose ornament, projecting lips, granulated eyes, and spiraling granulated earrings that jut from the sides of the bell. Two wires behind the earrings provided suspension loops. The Pre-Columbian Tairona, a group of chiefdoms in a mountainous part of Colombia, are renowned for their distinctive gold pieces. This bell's human face probably represents a Tairona ruler or chief who were often depicted highly adorned with jewelry and piercings. Size: .6" W x .8" H (1.5 cm x 2 cm); 2.25" H (5.7 cm)on included custom stand; quality of gold 60% (equivalent to 14K+); weight: 3.8 grams.
The Tairona peoples created distinctive goldworks. Although gold was not a form of currency in Pre-Columbian South America, it had great symbolic power, and was used by elites in life and in death to demonstrate their place in society.
Provenance: Private New York Collector from 1966
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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#159201Losses to the left side of wirework. Surface wear commensurate with age. The clapper ball is inside and rattles but does not make a clear sound. Light patina and intricate wirework!Condition
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