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used by the elite of Muisca society for the display
DIADEM AND EAR ORNAMENTS of power. However, among these objects of
Muisca jewelry are a number of pectorals, nose orna-
cast gold ments, earrings, and headdresses of great beauty.
The large gold diadem with lateral projections
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566: 6.5 X 22.8 (2V2X8 /8) and the two earrings, which formed part of the
same funerary offering, were found in a tomb in
567: 11.1 x 12.2 and 11.2 x 13.2
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(4 /s x 4 /4 and 4 /s x jVs) the vicinity of Sogamoso (department of Boyaca),
where the cacique of Tunja lived. These pieces
Museo del Oro, Banco de la Republica, Bogota were cast using the lost-wax process, and the
anthropomorphic designs were imprinted with
Compared to the numerous tunjos that have been molds that had been carved in stone. The pendant
found, few gold ornaments exist today that were plaques were hammered separately. C.P.
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