Cast
in alloys of gold and copper
by the lost-wax process, the delicate
Tairona ear ornaments allow us to
see the way in which a synthesis is
made between abstraction and
figurative representation in the
imagination of the pre-Hispanic
artist. Like the metamorphoses which
occur in the animal world, a basic
half-moon shape transforms itself
into a serpent with two heads.
Orejeras
Tumbaga 900 A.D. - 1600 A.D.
Magdalena
4,2 x 7,8 cm
4,3 x 7,7 cm
