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Fish are extremely rare in Colombian pre-Hispanic metalwork. This solitary, beautiful winged fish found in a San Agustín grave would have had to fly immense cultural distances –as well as physical, to reach the high lands where the Magdalena and the Cauca rivers have their sources.  
 
   
 
Pendant
Gold
0 - A.D. 900
San Agustín, Huila
3,1 x 9,7 x 8,8 cm
   
 

 

 

 
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