Muisca Female Tunjo

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 28 November 2015
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This figure depicts a female; she wears an elaborate headdress and necklace and holds what appears to be a small tree branch with her right hand. A material of religious significance, the flat gold figures (or Tunjos), were votive offerings left in caves or lakes. They were rarely found inside tombs. Pre-Columbian gold was first associated with the elite, but became widely accessible later. From the Muisca civilization, Colombia, 10th to 16th century CE. (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, November 28). Muisca Female Tunjo. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4250/muisca-female-tunjo/

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