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Lot 164 - Auction 66

Lot 164

Exotica
PRE-COLUMBIAN WARRIOR FIGURE Colombia, Tairona Culture, 11th - 15th century
Price realized:
1.200,00 GBP
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Description

PRE-COLUMBIAN WARRIOR FIGURE
Colombia, Tairona Culture, 11th - 15th century
height cm 4; gr 7,14
Warrior figure made in tumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and used as pendant. Depicted naked with legs spread apart, and a long object like a sceptre grasp in the hands; wears earrings, bracelets and an half-round flat headgear decorated with openwork pattern and interweaving lines in relief. The face shows applied-like eyes and piercings with rings on the cheeks.

PROVENANCE
European private collection; accompanied by a letter from Sotheby’s dated 15 June 1994.
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