Crescent-Shaped Ceremonial Tweezers with a Circular Top
Unlike other functional objects sometimes wrought out of goldーlike needles or fishhooks -- tweezers were created for both a spiritual and utilitarian purpose. In many ways, these tweezers exhibit symbolism sacred to the Calima people of Southwest Colombia: gold was the chosen...
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17724
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Mrs. S. Wellford Randolf [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
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1
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