Description:

**Previously listed at 500**

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A huge, hollow gold ring made to be worn through the nose. The pre-Columbian Tairona, a group of chiefdoms in a mountainous part of Colombia, are renowned for their distinctive gold pieces - see, for example, the catalogue from the British Museum exhibit of Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia. Although gold was not a currency in pre-Columbian South America, it had great symbolic power, used by elites in life and in death to demonstrate their place in society. Comes with custom stand. Size: 2.7" W x 2.45" H (6.9 cm x 6.2 cm)

Provenance: Ex-Private Ventura County, CA collection

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  • Condition: Repaired with some losses

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