EditorialCalima, Precolumbian, Lid of an Urn, between 300 and 1000, earthenware with pigment, Overall: 10 3/4 ? 13 1/4 ? 10 3/8 inches (27.3 ? 33.7 ? 26.4 cm).
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold funerary mask. 5th?1st century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialDouble-Spouted Vessel with Reclining Figure, c. 1-800. Colombia, Calima region, Yotoco style, 1st-8th Century. Ceramic, slip, resist paint; diameter: 19.6 x 19.5 cm (7 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.); overall: 19.6 x 19.5 cm (7 11/16 x 7 11/16 in.).
EditorialHeaddress Ornament, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold, H. 10 x W. 9 3/8 in. (25.4 x 23.8 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Elaborate ornaments like the present example expressed the wealth and status of the wearer. Worn attached to a turban, basketr...
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold funerary mask. 5th?1st century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold funerary mask. 5th?1st century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.
EditorialHeaddress Ornament, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold, H. 10 x W. 9 3/8 in. (25.4 x 23.8 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Elaborate ornaments like the present example expressed the wealth and status of the wearer. Worn attached to a turban, basketr...
EditorialFunerary Mask, 5th?1st century B.C., Colombia, Calima Valley region, Calima (Ilama), Gold, H. 7 3/4 x W. 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Lifesize hammered masks are the largest objects produced in gold in the ancient Americas. While most m...
EditorialNose Ornament, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold, H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Nose ornaments are among the earliest personal adornments used throughout the Andes in Precolumbian times. They were made in a variety of materia...
EditorialPectoral with Face, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold (hammered), H. 12 3/8 x W. 11 5/8 x D. 1 3/8 in. (31.4 x 29.5 x 3.5 cm), Metal-Ornaments.
EditorialMasked Figure Pendant, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold, H. 2 3/4 x W. 1 3/8 x D. 5/8 in. (7 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm), Metal-Ornaments.
EditorialHeaddress Ornament, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold, H. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Five lateral rays project out from either side of this gold Calima headdress ornament, surrounding central crescent-shaped projections locate...
EditorialWhistle Jar, Pre-Columbian, 100?900 A.D., Colombia, Calima, Ceramic, H. 15.6 x W. 13.5 x D.10.7cm (6 1/8 x 5 5/16 x 4 3/16in.), Aerophone-Whistle Flute-vessel flute.
EditorialLime Dipper or Pin, Monkey, 1st?7th century, Colombia, Calima (Yotoco), Gold (cast alloy), H. 9 3/4 x W. 5/8 x D. 5/8 in. (24.8 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm), Metal-Ornaments.
EditorialPre-Columbian Art. Colombia. Calima (LLama) culture. Gold funerary mask. 5th?1st century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.