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356 - Ceremonial tweezers. Malagana / Calima, ca. 200 B.C. – 200 A.D. H 17.5 cm, W 11 cm, 217 g. Decorated on both sides with identical anthropozoomorphic faces featuring mustaches and striking smiles. The curved sides of the faces appear to represent the claws of a crab, thus symbolizing the function of a pair of tweezers. See similar objects in Luz Miriam Toro, *El tesoro de El Bolo*, *Enereo* 31 (1996), p. 45 (copy enclosed); *Los tresoros de los senores de Malagana* (1996), p. 43, fig. 70 (copy enclosed); *The Art of Gold—Collection of the Gold Museum in Bogotá* (2007), p. 90 (copy enclosed); Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Inv. No. 2010.1131. With material analysis! Gold! Intact, with metal stand. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired in 1992 from Luz Miriam Toro.
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Ceremonial tweezers. Malagana / Calima, ca. 200 B.C. – 200 A.D. H 17.5 cm, W 11 cm, 217 g. Decorated on both sides with identical anthropozoomorphic faces featuring mustaches and striking smiles. The curved sides of the faces appear to represent the claws of a crab, thus symbolizing the function of a pair of tweezers. See similar objects in Luz Miriam Toro, *El tesoro de El Bolo*, *Enereo* 31 (1996), p. 45 (copy enclosed); *Los tresoros de los senores de Malagana* (1996), p. 43, fig. 70 (copy enclosed); *The Art of Gold—Collection of the Gold Museum in Bogotá* (2007), p. 90 (copy enclosed); Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Inv. No. 2010.1131. With material analysis! Gold! Intact, with metal stand. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of R.K., North Rhine-Westphalia, acquired in 1992 from Luz Miriam Toro.
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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