The
musician represented in this item, wearing an apparently woven
cap with panache, recalls the present-day gaita players of the
Colombian Caribbean coast. The instrument that they play are vertical
pipes with holes for the fingers of the left hand, and gourd rattles.
Staff finial
Tumbaga A.D. 900 – A.D.
1600
Colosó, Sucre
6.4 cm. x 4.5 cm
