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Colgante en forma de figura

900–1600 CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 360
Los adornos de oro creados por el pueblo tairona de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (en el norte de Colombia) figuran entre los más espectaculares y complejos objetos realizados en el continente americano. Este colgante voluminoso y tridimensional representa a una figura masculina de anchas espaldas, tal vez un noble o jefe, que lleva un enorme penacho con elaborados elementos trenzados y en espiral en las piezas laterales; sobre el tocado se posan dos pájaros picudos. La nariguera y las orejeras, así como el bezote en el labio inferior, son miniaturas de gran minuciosidad y precisión, comparables a los objetos similares de tamaño natural encontrados en las tumbas taironas.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Colgante en forma de figura
  • Fecha: Siglo X–siglo XVI
  • Geografía: Colombia
  • Cultura: Tairona
  • Material: Oro
  • Dimensiones: a. 14 cm
  • Crédito: Donación de la Fundación H. L. Bache, 1969
  • Número de inventario: 69.7.10
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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