Tunjo or Ornament
Unidentified Muisca maker
Pre-Columbian
Gold or Tumbaga
Overall: 1 15/16 × 7/16 in. (4.9 × 1.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W
39.26.7075
Geography
Place Made: Tunja, Colombia, South America
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Votive
Research Area
Americas
On view
Exhibition History
Gold: Materiality, Morality, and Metaphor, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14, 2024.
Provenance
Collected by Victor M. Cutter (1881-1952), about 1903-1917; lent to present collection, 1939-1953; bequeathed to Mrs. Victor M. Cutter [Florence deJongh Cutter], 1953; given to present collection, 1953.
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