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This object, cast by the lost-wax process, with the surface unpolished and with schematized figurative features, shows the distinctive characteristics of the Muisca metalwork style. It represents a two-headed male seated on a bench on a sort of round mat within an enclosure.  
 
    
 
Votive Figure
Tumbaga
A.D. 600 - A.D. 1600
Belén de Chinauta, Fusagasugá
Cundinamarca
9,1 x 5,7 x 6,4 cm
   
 

  

 

 
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