*Magnifique pectoral de cérémonie

three shaman heads, with hieratic expressions under the effect of a tropanic alkaloid (coca leaves mixed with lime). Their awake and dynamic looks are accentuated by their wide open eyes. Hammered, embossed and pierced gold. Some small chips, slightly crumpled on the edges, tears and indigenous restoration from the pre-Columbian period. Calima, province of Calima, Colombia, 100 BC to 500 AD 47.1 x 28.8 cm - thickness 0.17 to 0.19 cm; 200 grams Bibliography: Colin McEwan, Precolumbian gold technology, style and iconography, Chicago: Deabora publishers, 2000, p.102. Fig 5.12 for a related work. A study by Dr Warwick Bray (Institute of Archeology, University College London) dated June 1996, will be given to the purchaser. Surveyed in July 1997 by Conservation and Technical Services Limited, Birkbeck College, University of London