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Several groups of objects of Tairona body ornamentation follow an iconographic pattern based on the form of a bird with wings outstretched and a forked tail, sometimes with “auxiliary” birds. These figures have been interpreted as representations of the flight of the shaman.  
 
   
 
Breastplate
Tumbaga
A.D. 200 - A.D. 900
Ciénaga, Magdalena
13,6 x 11,7 cm
   
 
    
 

 

 
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