Standing Man with a Bundle of Darts

1000-1500 (Late Intermediate)

5 cm 15.6 cm 0.7 cm

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These gold figures, known as "tunjos" were made in very large quantities by the Muisca people of Colombia as votive offerings, as they have been found in buried caches and deposited in lakes. There, they could not be seen by human eyes, but would have been perceived by divine...

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Acquired by Rebecca Herrero Stokes; given to Walters Art Museum, 2003.
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