*Grand pectoral
with two heads in relief, it evokes a shaman lord under the effect of coca leaves mixed with lime, intended to confer visions and hallucinations during the ceremonies.
Calima, Calima province, Colombia, 100 BC to 500 AD
Cut, hammered and pierced gold.
(slightly crumpled at the ends, accident)
41.4 x 21.5 cm, thickness from 0.28 to 33 mm; 177 grams
Bibliography: this pectoral is very close to the one from the former Dylan Greame and Willy and Brenda Zollman collections, presented at the Heritage sale of 29 September 2006, n°47125, p.118
Studied in July 1997 by the Conservation and Technical Services Limited, Birkbeck College, University of London
