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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Pre-Columbian, Muisca (Chibcha)
Title:Tunjo (represents a man)
Date Made:ca. 1100 CE
Type:Adornment
Materials:gold
Place Made:South America; Colombia
Measurements:Overall: 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm; 4 in x 1 1/2 in
Accession Number:  AC 1984.36.b
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Brock Tomb, in Loving Memory of her brother, Robert Melvin Brock, Class of 1943, and her uncle, Henry Bangs Thacher
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Tags:
jewelry; deities

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