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View full screenNecklace of gold, consisting of eleven graduated pendants in the form of stylised birds, with prominent eyes and three pendants in the form of stylised human beings, alternating with fifteen heavy gold foil globular beads: South America, Colombia, from a grave near Bogota, Quimbaya, 11th - 16th century
A.1956.770
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Bogota, Colombia, South America
11th - 16th century
Quimbaya
Gold; eleven graduated pendants in the form of stylised birds with prominent eyes and three pendants in the form of stylised human beings, alternating with fifteen heavy gold foil globular beads
Bogota, Colombia, South America
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