Quimbaya Gold Female Figural Pendant ca. A.D. 500-1000

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 USD

Sold

11,250 USD

bidding is closed

Description

gold

the torso of the figure of flat form with the lower body missing, with thin arms placed at the waist, distinctive looped nose, spirals projecting from the cheeks, and a straight headdress of similar concentric spirals, wearing a necklace.

Provenance

John Wise
Acquired from the above by the present owner's family in 1965

Catalogue Note

This figure may be a mate to the complete Quimbaya male figure of a very similar style exhibited at The Museum of Primitive Art, Pre-Columbian Gold Sculpture, Autumn 1958, Fig. 3