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THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Beyond El Dorado:
Power and Gold in Ancient Colombia
1. Information about this exhibition.
2. Some historical facts
3. Pre-Columbian masterpieces. Periods:- Calima-Malagana- Quimbaya - Tumbaga- Tairona
4. The conclusion
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Plan
The accompanying title to the British Museum exhibition, Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia, 17
October 2013 – 23 March 2014.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM Information
about this exhibition.
For the people of Colombia, the value of gold lay in the symbolic and transformative properties associated with its colour, aura and malleability
THE BRITISH MUSEUM Some historical
facts.
It was used to fashion some of the most visually dramatic and technically sophisticated works of art found anywhere in the Americas before European contact.
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Legendary masterpieces
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Legendary masterpieces.
Calima-Malagana
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100BC-AD400
Funerary Mask
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200BC-AD1200.
Articulated nose ornament
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1600BC-AD100
Necklace
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200BC-1300 AD
Pectoral
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200BC-1300 AD Diadem
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Legendary masterpieces.
Tumbaga
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AD100-1600
Pectoral
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Legendary masterpieces.
Tairona
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AD900-1600.
Pectoral
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AD900-1600
Necklace
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900 AD - 1600 AD
Nose ornament
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900 AD - 1600 AD
Pectoral
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Legendary masterpieces.
Quimbaya
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AD600-1100
Poporo
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500BC-AD600
Hemlet
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AD600-1100.Poporo
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Legendary masterpieces.
Muisca
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600 AD – 1600 AD
Tunjo
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Thank you
For your attention!
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