Colombia - Calima River
Gold 16 kt
Circa 1000 - 1400 AD
21.2 grams
Provenance: Walter and Emily Mead (Mead Paper Corporation), Santa Fe NM, Acquired in the 1950's
A rare pectoral of good artistic merit worn during life in a ritual or cermony.
This mask comes from the Calima River region in southwestern Colombia, where abundant alluvial gold deposits prompted a distinguished goldworking tradition that lasted for at least 2,000 years. Hammered from a single sheet of metal of high carat gold (its alloy contains 86 percent gold, 13 percent silver, and one percent copper), Rare and very wearable and a favorite of Emily Mead. Uncleaned and untouched as found.
Colombia - Calima River
Gold 16 kt
Circa 1000 - 1400 AD
21.2 grams
Provenance: Walter and Emily Mead (Mead Paper Corporation), Santa Fe NM, Acquired in the 1950's
A rare pectoral of good artistic merit worn during life in a ritual or cermony.
This mask comes from the Calima River region in southwestern Colombia, where abundant alluvial gold deposits prompted a distinguished goldworking tradition that lasted for at least 2,000 years. Hammered from a single sheet of metal of high carat gold (its alloy contains 86 percent gold, 13 percent silver, and one percent copper), Rare and very wearable and a favorite of Emily Mead. Uncleaned and untouched as found.
