*Magnificent ceremonial pectoral

*Magnificent ceremonial pectoral

three shaman heads, with hieratic expressions under the effect of a tropanic alkaloid (coca leaves mixed with lime). Their wide-open eyes accentuate their alert, dynamic gazes. Hammered, repoussé and pierced gold. A few small chips, slightly creased edges, tears and indigenous restoration from the pre-Columbian period. Calima, Calima province, Colombia, 100 B.C. to 500 A.D. 47.1 x 28.8 cm - thickness 0.17 to 0.19 cm ; 200 grams Bibliography: Colin McEwan, Precolumbian gold technology, style and iconography, Chicago: Deabora publishers, 2000, p.102. Fig 5.12 for a similar piece. A study by Dr Warwick Bray (Institute of Archeology, University College London), dated June 1996, will be given to the purchaser. Studied in July 1997 by Conservation and Technical Services Limited, Birkbeck College, University of London.