Lot #1832 10K Yellow Gold Tairona Style Warrior Figure From Columbia Pendant, Tumbago Gold

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10K Yellow Gold Tairona Style Warrior Figure From Columbia Pendant, Tumbago Gold. Extremely appealing Tairona warrior figure pendant. Tairona artists of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia produced some of the grandest and most complex gold objects ever made in the Americas. The pendant was cast in an alloy referred to as tumbago a gold and copper alloy that can vary wildly the amount of gold in the mix. Scratch testing, this pendant holds firmly at 10-11K gold and weighs 9.56 grams. If further close-ups required, do not hesitate to let us know. There are small loops on the verso that a cord was threaded through for wear. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200

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