Pre-Columbian Tumbaga Finial, Colombia

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Sinu Valley (Tairona or Quimbaya peoples), ca. 1000 CE. This is a finial showing two bird heads - probably toucans - made of tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper. Although the

Pre-Columbian Nose Ring, Tumbaga, Colombia, Santa Marta Region

Pre-Columbian Nose Ring, Tumbaga, Colombia, Santa Marta Region

Pre-Columbian Nose Ring, Tumbaga, Colombia, Santa Marta Region

Pre-Columbian gold Tairona Tumbaga figural finial depicting a seated male figure with a parrot / bird mask, decorative motifs and loops. 4.5" H x 1.25" W x 2.25" D. Comprised of approx 79.81% gold (eq

Pre-Columbian gold Tairona Tumbaga figural finial depicting a seated male figure with a crocodile mask and a large parrot on shoulders of figure, decorative open-work motifs. 4" H x 1.625" W x 4" D. S

Pre-Columbian Gold Sinu Tumbaga figural cast finial, kneeling woman with braids, decorative open-work. 2.125" H x 2.125" W x 1.125" D. Comprised of approx 88.75% gold (equivalent to 14K+ gold). Approx

Pre-Columbian Gold Sinu Tumbaga Toucan bird finial, decorative braid-work and open-work. 1.75" H x 3.25" W x 0.875" D. Comprised of approx 68.64% gold (equivalent to 10K+ gold). Approx 26.8 dwt = 41.6

Pre-Columbian Calima Style Tumbaga Figure from Colombia, ca. 300 BCE. 5 1/16" in height.

Pre-Columbian Gold Sinu Tumbaga figure with bird finial, seated figure with bird and cup, decorative braid-work. 3" H x 2.625" W x 1.5" D. Comprised of approx 27.30% gold (equivalent to 9K+ gold). App

Pre-Columbian Tairona Tumbaga Frogs and Feline pendants from Colombia, ca. 1000 CE. 1 1/2"-2 3/4"

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Sinu River Region, Sinu (Zenu) culture, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A sumptuous set of earrings formed from lustrous tumbaga via the lost wax (cire perdue) casting technique. Each se

**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Ecuador, or Colombia, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A gorgeous necklace comprised of dozens and dozens of coral red spondylus and white clam shell beads - arr

A fine Tairona tumbaga pectoral pendant from Colombia, ca. 1000 – 5000 AD. It is 3” high and represents a frog, important for its fertility connotations, as well as association with intoxication f

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Cauca Valley, Quimbaya culture, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. An incredible tumbaga figure of a standing shaman, fully three-dimensional, with many incised details and a small lo

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fabulous pendant depicting an abstract, three-headed jaguar that is hollow-cast from tumbaga with a high 45.5% gold content. The recumbent anim

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A charming poporo vessel shaped from sheets and wire of tumbaga containing 37% gold. The petite vessel takes the form of a owl perched atop a sle

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca Complex, Quimbaya culture, ca. 800 to 1300 CE. A gorgeous, hand-built pottery figure of a characteristically abstract form decorated with a lunate tumbaga nose ri

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A remarkable tumbaga bell pendant in the form of a seated zoomorph resembling a monkey. The charming animal displays a piriform body adorned with

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fabulous and adorable tumbaga pendant in the form of a bird with a high amount of 55% (equivalent to 13K+) gold, cast using the lost wax proces

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.

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A set of 5 frogs, each larger than the last, and each with a gleaming golden hue. The smallest is formed from 62.95% gold, and the next-largest i

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Guatavita Lake region, Muisca culture, ca. 1000 to 1550 CE. A lovely ornament of a standing figure known as a tunjo, cast from tumbaga of a high 59% gold content via the lost

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca / Quimbaya, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A characteristically abstract pottery figure, seated with extended tubular arms and legs - with arms raised to his sides and rend