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This cast pendant recalls the shape of a chrysalis, an intermediate and motionless stage in the metamorphosis of lepidoptera in which a larva becomes a butterfly.  
 
    
 
Pendant
Tumbaga
0 - A.D. 600
Corinto, Cauca
10 x 6,4 x 2 cm
   
 
    
 

 






















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