Description:

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca region, Quimbaya, ca. 1000 to 1300 CE. An ancient 12 karat gold nose ring comprised of skillfully hammered gold sheet cut into a traditional lunate form, of the type traditionally fit to the septum of pottery figures from this culture which inhabited the hills and valleys of the middle Cauca River during the centuries prior to Spanish conquest in the 1530s. Size: 2.25" W x 1.875" H (5.7 cm x 4.8 cm) Weight: 8.1 grams

Provenance: private Vaught collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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#127111

  • Condition: Some nicks to periphery and areas of surface wear. Still a nice example.

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