Quimbaya Gold Shaman Pendant & Quartz and Gold Bead Necklace

Colombia Circa 500 to 1000 AD. A high karat solid gold shamanistic figure with bird on his head is centrally hanging on a strand with gold and stone native beads; all of the period. ,A large example worn by the high status shaman class which the iconography suggests. Size of figure: 1-3/8 inch L, 24 grams. Strand 18 inches L.Compare similar example in Gold of El Dorado, W. Bray, figure 404, p198. Provenance: Ex. Private Elmhurst NY collection. Published Capturing The Sun, Master Craftsmen of Ancient Mesoamerica, gallery exhibition October 2017.Museum Quality