PRE-COLUMBIAN TAIRONA TUMBAGA GOLD PENDANT & NECKLACE

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Pre-Columbian - Tairona Tumbaga Bird Pendant & Necklace Tairona Bird Pendant on a Tairona Carnelian/white shell disk beads necklace Metal Composition : Gold - Copper - Silver Description: Colombian Tairona Tumbaga - circa 800AD - 1500AD. Tumbaga is normally an alloy mix of about average of 80% copper, 10% silver and 10% gold . Often times the mixture of gold was higher since the Tairona's would cast the tumbaga forms with an average of 65% gold . They would trade the gold with the Sinu Indians on southern coast and the Muisca Indians from the inland areas down the Magdalena River. The Book, The Gold of El Dorado, published in 1978, the author Warwick Bray gives a quote: "Tairona gold work combines a technical mastery of casting with love of fine detail." Formed from the authentic "lost wax" method. Used by the Tairona Indians, from the northern Santa Marta mountain region of Colombia, as decorations, status and eventually put in their burial sites. This item is beautiful little GOLD bird. It is 1" Long with a weight of 5 grams on a 16" long Tairona necklace. Total weight of 22 grams . Made with B eautiful Tairona Carnelian stones separated by white shell disk beads and other different color stones. Each of the stones were meticulous cut with a tiny hole and then strung on a thread of of weaved cotton. This one was restrung on read more

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