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FOUR WARRIOR FIGURES 553: SQUATTING WARRIOR with strong bodies, brave, agile, determined for
cast gold
valiant, who received wages and promotion
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Muisca 8X4.2 (^/8Xl /8) being the best soldiers. They had cropped hair and
Museo del Oro, Banco de la Republica, Bogota pierced ears and noses. Around the outer edges of
550: WARRIOR HOLDING A Bow AND ARROW their ears there were holes with many small tubes
cast cold-copper alloy of the finest gold; the holes of the lips and nose
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11.9 X 3-2 (4 /8 X l /4) The early Spanish chroniclers described the fierce were intended for the same purpose, but here
551: WARRIOR WITH SPEAR THROWER giiecha warriors who protected the Muiscas from they only placed small tubes when they killed
cast gold their hostile neighbors. According to Fray Pedro Panche Indians, thus for each Panche they killed
13.2 x 2.4 (y/s x i) Simon: "Because these Panche Indians are so bel- they wore a small tube of fine gold on their noses
licose and the enmity between them and the and lips'' (Simon 1625).
552: WARRIOR WITH HEAD TROPHY
cast gold Muiscas so inflamed, those of Bogota had some These figures are characteristic of the giiecha.
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6.6 x 2.4 (2 /s x i) Indians they called guechas in the villages border- They are generally portrayed with cropped hair
ing the Panches These [warriors] were men and a plaque in the mouth. According to the
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