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Portrayed in detail on this particular example, the male figure on this plate and on others like it is wearing a headdress or diadem with rays on it that emanate from a spherical body, from which it has been deduced that this referred to the sun. Seated on a half-moon shaped base like a snake, he is resting on two horizontal bars that are held up by auxiliary beings with the heads of birds or feline figures.

 
 
   
 
Appliqué
Gold
200 A.D. - 900 A.D.
Minca, Santa Marta, Magdalena
12,4 x 13,9 cm
   
 
    
 

 

 
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